 1787 Connecticut copper. DBL. M.16.5-p. R-7 (estimated). Technically at least Extremely Fine and with the sharpness of that grade in some places. In terms of technical grade the least circulated of the six the cataloguer has seen. There appear to be nine of these surviving. The Miller Sale Coin. 150.4 gns. Fairly even olive brown in color on both sides. Obverse severely flawed in the left side, affecting parts of 'OR' in the inscription, a large portion of the effigy's face, extending diagonally down to end at the rim, at about 5:30. Surface elsewhere lightly roughened. Reverse essentially not flawed but somewhat rough in appearance nevertheless. Both sides a little off center, the obverse to the upper left, the reverse to the right, with small portions of the design details on each side running off the flan. Date all but obscure. A few very minor rim tics. Retained lamination on 'R' on the obverse.
Ex Henry C. Miller Collection (Tom Elder, May 29, 1920, lot 1895). Square collector's ticket accompanies the lot. Miller:1895 was not described as a 16.5-p and there is an error in the date of the Miller sale on the ticket.
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