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

5321

Grade

VF35BN

Price

2,760

Lot Description

Choice Brockage of Miller Obverse 19. 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller Obverse 19 Brockage. Rarity-9. Draped Bust Left. VF-35 (PCGS). 152.1 grains. Dark brown at the obverse peripheries, the central fields and high points worn to a light olive-tan, the color of the patina that dominates the brockage side, with the deepest parts of the brockage filled with dark brown detritus. Light granularity has been worn mostly smooth through circulation. The brockage side appears to have been struck by a coin that was itself a bit off center, creating a flange of unstruck copper below the bust. A unique brockage from this die, about as choice as you will readily see for a brockage strike, and the overall nicest brockage among the regular 1787 Draped Bust Left issues in Robert’s collection. Provenance: From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Bowers and Merena’s Sale of the Milton Cohen Collection, January 24-26, 1985, lot 2320. PCGS #370. Click here for certification details from PCGS.