 1786 Connecticut copper. MBL. M.5.2-H.1. R-6+ to R-7-. Very Good/Fine. White ink on obverse. 100.9 gns. Dark olive brown in color on both sides. Obverse surface lightly granular, reverse much rougher in appearance. Long straight clip on the obverse at the upper right mirrored in the same position on the reverse. Partial obverse legend, the softness due entirely to the die state. Reverse legend complete, slightly off center to the left. Full date, giving the illusion of a 1786/1788 overdate. Rare variety with a total surviving population of fewer than a dozen. Described on its round Circle H collector's ticket as ex ''Dr. Hall Mar/90''. Small numeral '5' at the base of the obverse may suggest the fifth specimen seen by the inscriber. Like the preceding, this was once one of Dr. Hall's coins. The type of ink and the hand that wrote with it appear to be the same seen on the preceding. As the ticket pedigrees the coin to Dr. Hall, why repeat it with a Circle H, unless the H stands for something other than Hall?
Ex Dr. Thomas Hall Collection in March, 1890. Round Circle H collector's ticket accompanies the lot.
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