1787 Connecticut, Miller 33.7-r.4, RARE variety, Fine

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1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.7-r.4. Rarity-5. Fine overall, the obverse stronger than the reverse as usually the case on the variety. The obverse legend is strong at AUCTORI, CONNEC weaker but mostly visible, the bust fully outlined, with a hint of finer detail that is a bit fuzzy looking from the surfaces. The reverse is weaker – this die started to fail dramatically – though the legends can mostly be made out, the date is mostly gone. The seated figure is outlined, weak in the center, but with a strong branch. Medium brown, the surfaces with a light, even micro-roughness to them, a little more so on the reverse, but with no real major marks or damage from circulation, so not all that bad for a rare variety. The finest known example of this variety is the Dr. Hall – Hessberg coin, which reappeared in the 2006 C4 sale, a nice EF that had a pre-striking planchet flaw that weakened detail on either side; that coin brought $3,525. VF is probably the best that the collector will be able to obtain for this variety – not quite as rare as it once was, but the new specimens to the census pretty much all in grades lower than Fine. Tellingly, the John Ford sale completely lacked this variety – though Ford owned examples of the variety, they were sold with his duplicates, and he never had one he liked enough to retain for his frontline read more

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