 1785 Connecticut copper. MBR. M.3.1-A.3. R-4. Extremely Fine. Much nicer than the Perkins coin. White ink on obverse. 142.0 gns. Fairly even deep olive brown in color on both sides. Struck on a very flawed planchet, the obverse with a fairly deep linear flaw at the lower right, light laminations at the lower left; the reverse very heavily flawed at the upper right rim and down through portions of the lower right side. Surfaces elsewhere microgranular in appearance. Fairly decent detail, particularly for the grade. Annotated on its collector's ticket as ''H/90'' [i.e., ex either Hays or Hall in 1890] on one side and ''See Crosby page 372. He found it after his book was finished.'' Hall's notebook shows he had seen 12 of these by the mid to late 1890's.
Pedigree unrecorded. Round Circle H collector's ticket accompanies the lot.
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