1787 CT 1/2P Snipe Nose, Miller 33.28-Z.16, BN MS(PCGS#686385)

1787 CT 1/2P Snipe Nose, Miller 33.28-Z.16, BN MS (PCGS#686385)

Spring 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Lot Description: 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 33.28-Z.16, W-3770. Rarity-5. Draped Bust Left, Snipe Nose. AU-53 (PCGS). 148.6 grains. A very choice specimen of this popular variety with beautiful surfaces that are glossy, smooth and hard. Both sides are uniform light chocolate brown in the fields with a bit of deeper steel on the motifs. One tiny obverse rim bump, but virtually problem-free otherwise with almost no marks and certainly no planchet flaws. Slight roughness at the globe due to the strike. An exceptional Snipe Nose, arguably equal to the Ford specimen which was marginally sharper on the reverse. The Twin Leaf coin, however, offers not only choice surfaces but essentially perfect centering on both sides and a full, strong date. The nicest example we have seen in years and certainly better than the Newman coin. One doesn’t tire of studying a coin like this. Provenance: From the Twin Leaf Collection of Connecticut & Massachusetts Coppers. Earlier ex Bowers and Merena, November 2001:2182. Click here for certification details from PCGS.