1788 CT 1/2P Mailed Bust Right, M 4.1-K, BN MS(PCGS#687252)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4123

Grade

AU55BN

Price

2,880

Lot Description

The Earle-Perkins-SLT 1788 M. 4.1-K 1788 Connecticut Copper. Miller 4.1-K, W-4430. Rarity-4+. Mailed Bust Right. AU-55 (PCGS). 118.4 grains. While this variety is available in nice grade more often than most, this coin stands out. It was described in our January 2012 Collection SLT sale as “Mostly hard golden brown surfaces with a soft mint red underglow. Struck from the heavily clashed state of the obverse die, the results plainly obvious to the unassisted eye. A faint old obverse scratch reaching from the rim above C runs through CO downward in the field to the E can be seen under low magnification, otherwise just a few scattered ticks are the only marks of moment. Rim beveled on its entire circumference, reverse planchet cutter lip around much of the circumference, ET essentially off the planchet, with just the bottoms of LIB present. Undeniably choice for the grade, physically sound and aesthetically appealing.” The Bobby Martin coin, ex the 1975 EAC sale, was graded AU-53 (PCGS) when offered in our November 2019 sale. The Greenway Collection coin, from our March 2019 sale, was graded AU-58 (PCGS). Partrick owned two of similar quality, one graded MS-62 BN (NGC) and the Taylor coin graded AU-55 (NGC). It might be impossible to actually develop a Condition Census for this variety, but this coin is within that top tier. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. Earlier from Henry Chapman’s sale of the George H. Earle, Jr. Collection, June 1912, lot 2056, F.C.C Boyd, John J. Ford, Jr.; our (Stack's) sale of June 1994, lot 196; our (Stack's) sale of the Perkins Collection, January 2000, lot 497; Steve Tanenbaum Collection; our sale of Collection SLT, January 2012, lot 7427. PCGS #397 and #687252.