 1788 Connecticut copper. MBR. M.4.1-K. R-5. Choice About Uncirculated. An outstanding specimen, one of the nicest seen. The Miller Plate Coin. 121.5 gns. Decent medium brown obverse, lighter brown reverse with a few areas of deep purple on the former. Obverse surface a little granular in appearance but not really disturbingly so; the reverse rougher in appearance, in each case due to the clashed states of the dies. The obverse rim beveled nearly fully around, tiny burr at 11:30; reverse rim flatter with traces of a planchet cutter lip around most places. There are suggestive hints of original mint lustre around some of the reverse letters. As noted struck from the severely clashed states of both dies, best visible in the right obverse and upper left reverse fields most clearly.
Pedigree unrecorded.
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