 1786 Connecticut copper. MBL. M.5.8-H.2. R-5+. Choice About Uncirculated. A superior specimen, finer than the Hessberg and Garrett coins and every other example the cataloguer has seen. 137.4 gns. Nice rich and even olive brown and gold on both sides. Obverse and reverse fields appear smooth and hard with just minor microgranularity particularly around the top rim on the back. The obverse center rough on the effigy's neck but not really disturbingly so. The reverse a little rough on Liberty's figure. Sharply struck on the obverse, soft on the reverse from Liberty's shoulders up. The obverse about perfectly centered; the reverse a little off to the bottom, bases of date numerals off the flan.
Pedigree unrecorded.
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