 1787 Connecticut copper. MBL. First Laughing head. M.6.1-M. Choice About Uncirculated. A superior specimen. R-1. Possibly the Miller obverse plate coin. 114.9 gns. Very lovely light olive brown in color on both sides. The obverse fields are basically smooth and hard with just a small patch of light roughness in the upper right field. The reverse fields are similarly smooth and hard with any roughness confined mostly to the left where there are two very shallow flaws above 'N' and 'E' in INDE. Otherwise the fields on both sides are bright, sharp, and somewhat reflective. The central devices are extremely sharply struck with nice outlining around the effigy's face on the front and Liberty's cartoon-like features visible without the aid of magnification. The obverse slightly off center to the bottom, showing the outline of the die edge of the top but only the denticles affected; the reverse just about perfectly centered. Light slide mark across the center of the obverse.
Pedigree unrecorded.
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