 1787 Connecticut copper. MBL. M.9-D. R-5+. Good/Very Fine. The Miller Sale Coin. 115.6 gns. Good deep olive brown in color on both sides. Obverse surface very soft, nearly completely indistinct in the center, letters on the left weaker than those on the right. Reverse much stronger in appearance and clearly better struck. Obverse a little off center to the upper left; reverse about perfectly centered if a little bit off to the bottom. Many light obverse hairlines, almost certainly slidemarks.
Ex Henry C. Miller Collection (Tom Elder, May 29, 1920, lot 1876). Square collector's ticket accompanies the lot.
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