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Categories • Stack's May 2005 New York → John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 9 → The 1785-1788 Copper Coinage of Connecticut → The Issues of 1788 |
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Lot # |
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Hammer Price |
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1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.15.2-P.
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VF |
$1,200.00
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R-5+. Near Very Fine. White ink on obverse. White ink on edge. 128.1 gns. Both the obverse and reverse are a light olive brown in color with a few areas of deeper purple principally on the obverse. Obverse surface rough in places, granular elsewhere; the reverse a little less granular but very indistinct at the top. Fairly well centered on both sides, date just about fully on the flan.... more |
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| 497 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.1-D.
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CH AU |
$7,500.00
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R-3. Technically Choice About Uncirculated. 99.8 gns. Fairly even deep brown in color on both sides with some coppery red showing through on the front. Obverse surface quite rough in the center with some loss of definition there, granular at lower left; the reverse quite soft in the center, microgranular everywhere else, quite rough at upper left. The obverse fairly well centered; the... more |
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| 498 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.1-H.
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GD FINE |
$450.00
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R-4. Good Fine. The Miller Sale Coin. 134.0 gns. Both the obverse and reverse are a nice deep olive brown in color. The surfaces are lightly granular on both sides, the obverse a little rough at the upper left, the reverse flawed at the upper left. Struck on a somewhat misshapen flan, the obverse fairly well centered, the reverse considerably off to the left. Traces of at least one very... more |
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| 499 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. INDL. M.16.2-O.
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EF |
$3,000.00
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R-5. Extremely Fine. A superior specimen, one of the finest seen. The Miller Sale Coin. 143.9 gns. Very good deep olive green color on both sides. Obverse surface microgranular everywhere, a little rough at the left and upper right; the reverse rough on the rim at left, a little less so at lower right, microgranular elsewhere. The obverse off center to the right, tops of 'ONNEC' run... more |
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| 500 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.3-N.
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CH EF |
$6,500.00
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R-2. Choice Extremely Fine. White ink on obverse. 118.3 gns. Overstruck on a 1787 Ryder 1-B Massachusetts Cent. Fairly good light olive brown color with some darker streaks visible on both sides, these being the ghosts of the Massachusetts undertypes which are quite obvious in a raking light. The figure of the standing Indian is bold across the obverse when the coin is rotated to the... more |
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| 501 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.3-N.
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CH EF |
$2,400.00
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R-2. Choice Extremely Fine. 118.6 gns. Not overstruck. Rich golden brown in color on both sides. Obverse and reverse surfaces only microgranular save for patches of roughness on the effigy's neck and at the top of the reverse. Both sides struck slightly off center, the obverse to the upper right, the reverse to the extreme right, with some loss of letters on that side. Pronounced planchet... more |
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| 502 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.4-L.2
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CH VF |
$4,000.00
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R-5+. Choice Very Fine. A superior example, the second finest seen by the cataloguer. The Miller Plate Coin. The Miller Sale Coin. 104.4 gns. Nice rich and fairly even olive brown color with a few light traces of light purple. Obverse and reverse surfaces microgranular everywhere. The obverse slightly off center to the upper left, the reverse a bit off to the lower left, the date numerals... more |
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| 503 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.5-H.
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UNC |
$3,750.00
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R-5-. Uncirculated. An outstanding example, the finest seen by the cataloguer. 128.3 gns. Deep olive brown on both sides with patches of darker color in the left and right obverse fields. Both sides fairly rough in appearance in places. The obverse a little off center to the left, the rim ragged opposite; the reverse nearly perfectly centered, the date numerals on the flan. The planchet... more |
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| 504 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.5-H.
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AU |
$3,500.00
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R-5-. About Uncirculated. A second specimen and one of the best seen by the cataloguer. The Miller Sale Coin. 119.3 gns. Good even olive brown color on both sides. Obverse and reverse surfaces both granular, the obverse rough in the center and at right, the reverse at extreme right and top. Both sides fairly well centered. The obverse rim beveled around from the planchet cutter creating... more |
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| 505 |
1788 Connecticut copper. DBL. CONNLC. M.17-Q.
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CH AU |
$18,000.00
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R-5+. Choice About Uncirculated. An outstanding specimen, the finest seen by the cataloguer. The Miller Sale Coin. 98.2 gns. 27.2 mm. Both the obverse and reverse are an attractive pale brown with some pinkish highlights in the color. There is original mint lustre visible in the fields on both sides and around some of the protected areas. Obverse and reverse surfaces microgranular everywhere,... more |
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Categories • Stack's May 2005 New York → John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 9 → The 1785-1788 Copper Coinage of Connecticut → Connecticut - Counterfeit Halfpenny Mulings |
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Hammer Price |
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1787 George III counterfeit halfpenny - Connecticut muling. Vlack 13-87CT
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VF |
$35,000.00
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Breen 998. Reverse as 1787 CT G.2. R-7+. Near Very Fine. 128.1 gns. Light olive brown on both sides. Obverse center quite rough and granular, flawed on right. Small planchet cutter clip at the top of the obverse, rim opposite beveled heavily. This is perhaps the second finest of four known of this extremely rare variety and will be hotly contested by collectors of Connecticuts and... more |
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| 507 |
1788 George III counterfeit halfpenny-Connecticut muling. Vlack 13-88CT. Br.999
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GD FINE |
$1,800.00
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Reverse as 1788 CT D. R-5-. Good Fine. White ink on obverse. 100.7 gns. Dark olive green and brown on both sides. Obverse and reverse surfaces quite rough and granular. Described on its round Circle H collector's ticket as ''Presented by Dr. Hall Aug/96''. |
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| 508 |
1788 George III counterfeit halfpenny-Connecticut muling. Vlack 13-88CT. Br.999
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VF |
$2,400.00
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Reverse as 1788 CT D. R-5-. A second. Near Very Fine. 101.8 gns. Lighter olive brown in color on both sides. Surfaces somewhat smooth and hard, granular but not disturbingly so. Apparently later states of both dies, the obverse broken at upper right and upper and lower right, the reverse at upper right. |
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| 509 |
1788 George III counterfeit halfpenny-Connecticut muling. Br.999
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VG / F |
$950.00
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Reverse as 1788 CT D. R-5-. A third. Very Good/Fine. 121.5 gns. Deep olive brown in color on both sides. Obverse and reverse surfaces quite rough and granular. Obverse rim clipped at lower right. |
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| 510 |
1788 George III counterfeit halfpenny-Connecticut muling. Vlack 13-88CT. Br.999
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VG / F |
$900.00
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Reverse as 1788 CT D. R-5-. A fourth. Very Good/Fine. 139.7 gns. Fairly even olive brown in color on both sides. Obverse quite rough, portions of the legend on the left indistinct, deep rim clip at upper right obscuring that portion of the legend. The reverse considerably off center to the left, partial date numerals show, rim clip visible at the lower right, some rim nicks elsewhere... more |
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Categories • Stack's May 2005 New York → John J. Ford, Jr. Collection: Part 9 → The 1785-1788 Copper Coinage of Connecticut → Connecticut Copper Related Varia |
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Hammer Price |
| 511 |
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NEW |
$4,500.00
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Inventory of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection of Connecticut Coppers. Formed by Mr. Frederick C.C. Boyd from collections assembled by William Wallace Hays, Dr. Thomas Hall, Virgil Brand, and Hillyer Ryder. Preserved for study and dispersal to a later generation of collectors by Mr. John J. Ford, Jr. Recorded in Frank Katen's numismatic library copy of Edward Miller's The State Coinages of New England... more |
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| 512 |
The B.G. Johnson - F.C.C. Boyd inventory of the Dr
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NEW |
$1,700.00
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Thomas Hall-Virgil Brand collection of Connecticut coppers. A few months after Dr. Thomas Hall died (May, 1909) Virgil Brand bought his collection intact. The transaction was noted in the September-October, 1909 issue of The Numismatist. Among other series, at his death Hall's collection included 356 Connecticut coppers which went to Brand, 126 pieces that went to Frank Shumway in 1918, and a group... more |
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| 513 |
The Ford Connecticut Collection Boards
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$375.00
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These are the Wayte Raymond card boards that housed the collection in F.C.C. Boyd's day. Each board contains 10 round coin sized cut-outs arranged in two rows of five, each with four cellophane slides that serve to retain the coins in their cut-outs. Each board was annotated by Boyd with the attribution numbers of the varieties it contained. Some of the attributions are in Breen's hand, some... more |
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