1787 CT 1/2P DB Left, AUCTOPI, BN MS(PCGS#376)

1787 CT 1/2P DB Left, AUCTOPI, BN MS (PCGS#376)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

Description du lot: Outstanding 1787 Obverse 41 AUCTOPI Brockage 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller Obverse 41 Brockage. Rarity-9. Draped Bust Left, AUCTOPI. VF-20 (PCGS). 148.8 grains. To have a brockage Connecticut Copper is remarkable, to have a brockage of a major Red Book type is outstanding! Dark brown and lightly granular, though circulation has smoothed out some of the surface texture on both sides. Broadstruck a bit off-center on the obverse with no loss to designs or legends, the brockage side is a bit off-center, indicating that the brockage-maker had partially ejected from the dies before getting caught between the reverse die and this coin's planchet. The off-centering affects most of AUCTOPI, though the PI is visible but a bit fuzzy. This is the only brockage known of this AUCTOPI obverse 40, though a mate to this coin—a brockage of Miller Obverse 41 also featuring the AUCTOPI spelling—was offered as part of our January 2013 sale of colonials from the Ted Craige Estate, a finer quality coin that brought nearly $6500. Provenance: From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex Stack’s Sale of the Herbert Oechsner Collection, September 8-9, 1988, lot 1172. PCGS #376. Click here for certification details from PCGS.