1787 CT 1/2P Draped Bust Left, BN MS(PCGS#370)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

5322

Grade

VG10BN

Price

1,110

Lot Description

1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller Obverse 31.1 Brockage. Rarity-7-. Draped Bust Left. VG-10 (PCGS). 135.7 grains. Dark brown and lightly granular, with the designs and legends worn to a decidedly lighter golden-brown hue on the obverse, the brockage side showing an opposite color scheme, the fields (i.e. the high points of that side) worn to a light golden brown, the incuse brockage strike patinated in darker brown. According to Randy Clark, fully 10 brockages of Obverse 31.1 are known, perhaps pointing to some repeating malfunction or purposeful manufacture of brockages from this die. Provenance: From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Stack’s Sale of the Estate of Norman Bryant, February 2, 1973;Stack’s Sale of the T. Henry Allen Collection, February 4, 1977; Stack’s Sale of the Ellis Robison Collection, February 10, 1982, lot 137. PCGS #370. Click here for certification details from PCGS.