 1788 Connecticut copper. MBL. M.10-C. R-5. Uncirculated. An outstanding specimen and one of the finest seen. Higher technical grade than any other but without the faded red on the Taylor coin or the Oechsner piece's nice surfaces. The Miller Plate Coin. 110.7 gns. 28.2 mm. Both sides are a fairly even olive brown in color save for darker brown and deep purple on the obverse rim at 12:00 and 5:00, the reverse rim at about 6:00. Obverse and reverse surfaces microgranular but essentially unflawed. Traces of original mint lustre can be seen in the protected areas on both sides and with a bit of imagination in the obverse fields. Overstruck on a Nova Constellatio copper, traces of the undertype very faintly visible on the obverse, particularly in the right field.
Ex S.H. Chapman on April 10, 1919. Square collector's ticket accompanies the lot.
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