1786 CT 1/2P Mailed Bust Left, BN MS(PCGS#331)

1786 CT 1/2P Mailed Bust Left, BN MS (PCGS#331)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Losbeschreibung: 1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 5.4-G, W-2580. Rarity-2. Mailed Bust Left. EF-40 BN (NGC). Glossy antique copper surfaces with intermingled highlights of autumn-brown on the obverse. That side of the coin is struck off center to 3 o'clock with a pronounced lip of blank flan along the left border, right border through the letters ONNEC in CONNEC. The reverse is better centered, although the tops of the letters in ET LIB are flush with the border. All central design elements are boldly defined, the surfaces smooth in hand with just a bit of trivial scaling around the letters in AUCTORI that is easily forgiven. A number of high grade examples exist of this die marriage, not unexpectedly so given the Rarity-2 rating. The EF-40 offered here would do particularly well in a type set of colonial and early Federal era coinage. PCGS# 331. NGC ID: 2B2G. Click here for certification details from NGC.