1787/1877 CT 1/2P Mailed Bust Left, M 12-Q, BN MS(PCGS#686419)

November 2019 Baltimore Colonial Coins and Americana Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

5139

Grade

VF30BN

Price

2,040

Lot Description

1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 12-Q, W-2885. Rarity-3. Mailed Bust Left, 1787 over 1877—Double Struck—VF-30 (PCGS). 108.8 grains. A fantastic double strike in which glorious amounts of both sets of impression survive. The first strike was about 10% off-center, the second strike overlapping and coming in about 20% off-center but in a different direction from the first. Dark emerald brown surfaces are worn to a lighter tan at the high points, there being a few, now stable eruptions of reddish-green corrosion around the 9 o’clock positions of both obverse and reverse. Another of the fantastic error coins that Robert gathered up over his decades of dedicated hunting. Provenance: From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Purchased from Mike Ringo, date not recorded. PCGS #352 and #686419. Click here for certification details from PCGS.