1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 27-a.1, W-3125. Rarity-5. Draped Bust

Unusually Sharp 1787 Miller 27-a.1 Ex Henry C. Miller, 1920; Sydney F. Martin 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 27-a.1, W-3125. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left. AU-53 (PCGS). 157.7 grains. Gently mottled olive and chocolate brown on both sides with appealing glossy surfaces throughout. A handsome coin with no marks worthy of note. Nicely struck on a good quality flan, with just a single shallow natural void detected right above the effigy's head. This resulted in a bit of weakness at that point and in the first two digits of the date. Otherwise, the design elements are pleasantly sharp on this beautifully centered specimen. While not terribly rare, this is a difficult variety to find nice. In fact, it was noted as the finest by Michael Hodder when he described it for our (Stack's) sale of the Ford Collection in 2005, and he had been recording Connecticuts in his personal database for many years. Indeed, it is nicer than those in Pine Tree's 1975 EAC sale, Taylor (to Collection SLT), and Perkins, the last collector having also noted this as the finest example when commenting on his own coin. Our offerings of the Ted Craige coins produced nothing better, and Newman did not have one at all. It is better detailed and has finer surfaces than the Partrick coin. Among those we have seen, only the Canfield coin in the ANS might be this nice; the two coins appear very similar in every respect. This was Henry Miller's coin, plated in Thomas Elder's 1920 sale, giving it one of the most desirable of Connecticut provenances, a factor that complements the superior quality. Provenance: Ex Thomas L. Elder's sale of the Henry C. Miller Collection, May 1920, lot 1911; Hillyer C. Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd; our (Stack's) sale of the John J. Ford, Jr. Collection, Part IX, May 2005, lot 325; our sale of the Twin Leaf Collection, Spring 2019 Baltimore Auction, March, lot 8184; Sydney F. Martin; our sale of the Sydney F. Martin Collection, Part IV, August 2023 Global Showcase Auction, lot 8292. PCGS# 685372. BASE PCGS# 370. NGC ID: 2B2X. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.

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