1787 Connecticut Copper, Miller 33.21-Z.13, VERY RARE VARIETY, sharp, nice color

Description: 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.21-Z.13, W-3675. Rarity-6. Fine/Nearly Very Fine, the variety always found weakly struck at the lower obverse and upper reverse. Very slightly off center so that the tops pf AUCTORI and ETLIB are close to or slightly off the edge of the planchet, but all letters are strong, save for the E of ET which is mostly lost to a small planchet flaw there. The date is sharp, and nearly all on the planchet. While the obverse bust’s drapery is weak, his face and hair detail argue for the full VF grade, as does the strong drapery, shield and branch on the reverse. Medium golden brown, the surfaces hard enough, though with a green spot (likely removable) to the right of the branch, and with some very light hairlines visible under a glass, though mostly hidden to the eye. There are only two truly finer examples that I am aware of having appeared at public auction. The Hessberg coin was nearly Uncirculated, and the Floyd Starr-Donald Partrick coin was a lovely AU, both of which had the same striking weakness at the lower obverse and upper reverse, this certainly due to heavily failing dies, the obverse nearly shattered. The Taylor-Tannenbaum coin in Stack’s Bowers January 2012 sale was marginally sharper but had a couple dents and spots, as well as the same striking weakness. The Canfield coin, permanently off the market in the ANS collection, is a very pleasing EF. After this group, the grades of extant specimens fall dramatically, with most known grading Fine or less, and usually with rough surfaces. Tellingly, Syd Martin’s coin was graded VF details, with lightly rough surfaces, but with the strongest strike I have ever seen for the variety. We sold the slightly nicer Anderson-Gleckler example on our FPL #23, which sold quickly at $1,500. This one is just a shade off that coin, but is offered at half the price of that one, a very good tradeoff indeed………………………………………………………………………..…$750 In a collector’s envelope that notes this was purchased at the 2009 Central States show for $1,750 – our price today is much more pleasing!This general type is pictured and listed on Page 61 of the 2024 edition of The Redbook [which has had massive pricing updates, and is now FAR more accurate than it ever has been, even though it resulted in lowering of prices for many common type coins!]. The variety is also listed in the 2020 book on colonials edited by Q. David Bowers, the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins, as W-3675, page 151, where it is priced with a handful of auction records, including an AG specimen at $1,150 in 2005. ALL items we sell are sent via insured mail [or Registered mail for items over $500]. California residents must add appropriate sales tax. The pictures are of the actual coin being offered, and have been enlarged in size to show the detail – and we have included a photo of the PCGS slab, and the PCGS Truview photo as well. We have over 35 years experience as professional dealers in US colonial coinage – and another 15 years prior to that as collectors of the series as well. As always, we offer a full, no-questions-asked return policy of 30 days after receipt of the coin if it fails to meet your needs in ANY way – AND WE OFFER ONE OF THE STRONGEST RETURN GUARANTEES ON E-BAY, though it has seldom been used; please check out our Feedback Profile or e-mail any comments or questions that you may have. Thank you again for your interest, and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Price: 750 USD

Location: San Diego, California

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