1787 CT 1/2P ETLIR, Miller 33.17-gg.2, BN MS(PCGS#685142)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

5213

Grade

F12BN

Price

840

Lot Description

1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.17-gg.2, W-3635. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left, ETLIR—Double Struck—Fine-12 (PCGS). 112.9 grains. A fantastic error coin, the first strike on-center, the second strike about 50% off-center, approximately toward the 6 o’clock position of the obverse. Chiefly light olive-tan and microscopically granular everywhere, with some darker brown patina in the obverse fields. The reverse is amazingly double dated, the duplicate 1787 date from the secondary strike at the dead center of the reverse. A superb example of the double strike error type, a coin that brought an incredible $750 at its first known auction appearance in the 1975 EAC Sale over 40 years ago! Provenance: From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex the 1975 EAC Convention Sale, Pine Tree Auctions, February 15, 1975, lot 358. PCGS #391 and #685142. Click here for certification details from PCGS.