1787 Connecticut Copper, Miller 32.6-X.6, RARE variety, nice color!

Description: 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 32.6-X.6, W-3265. Rarity-6. Draped Bust Left. Fine, solidly in that grade level, with some reverse details closer to the full VF level. This coin appeared in the 2010 C4 auction where it was graded Fine and somewhat tersely described as “lovely, smooth, even chocolate brown with a good, balanced strike and excellent eye appeal.” The description alone telling you that the cataloguing was done after Tom Rinaldo had retired, as he would have waxed poetic about the coin for a couple paragraphs. This writer would too – and I will! This is the rarest of the 32-X varieties (32.4-F and 32.4-Z.20 are the only rarer varieties with a 32 obverse), and it is seldom found in truly nice condition. The only really nice ones to sell in recent years were the Ford-Miller-Partrick coin, a lovely AU with gorgeous color but weak centers, which brought $3,737.50 when sold in 2005, and the Taylor coin which was graded full AU when sold in Heritage’s April 2006 auction (at just under $2,000), while I had a Choice EF on our Sixteenth Price List in 2003, which quickly sold to an advanced collector. The Dr. Hall-Hessberg coin was a nice VF, and there were solid VF’s in the EAC ’75, New Netherland’s 51st and Stack’s June, 1994 sales, the latter with a rim dent. The Lomprey coin was a high-end Fine, slightly rough, and the Jesse Patrick coin in the 2002 C4 sale was Choice Fine, described as “slightly shy of the Condition Census, it is still among the finer examples extant” and realized $660. The nicest example in the Stack’s-Bowers archives is a Choice VF, while half of the pieces listed there grade Fine or less, and often with rough surfaces. Tellingly, the frontline Syd Martin example was graded just Fine (though to our eyes was a full VF, just with lightly rough surfaces). In his annotations to the 2000 Perkins sale, Robert Martin noted 18 examples of the variety in his census, and it has comfortably remained within the R-6 rating. While this one won’t make the Condition Census, it is at least close to the tail end – and the hard, smooth, attractive surfaces make it more visually appealing than some I have seen that were technically a grade higher, but dark and rough. The first I have been able to offer in quite a few years in any grade, this one is a bargain this price level. Accompanied by the original lot ticket from the 2010 C4 auction, as described.This general type is pictured and listed on Page 61 of the 2024 edition of The Redbook [which has had massive pricing updates, and is now FAR more accurate than it ever has been, even though it resulted in lowering of prices for many common type coins!]. The variety is also listed in the 2020 book on colonials edited by Q. David Bowers, the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins, as W-3265, page 146, where it is priced with a handful of auction records. ALL items we sell are sent via insured mail [or Registered mail for items over $500]. California residents must add appropriate sales tax. The pictures are of the actual coin being offered, and have been enlarged in size to show the detail – and we have included a photo of the PCGS slab, and the PCGS Truview photo as well. We have over 35 years experience as professional dealers in US colonial coinage – and another 15 years prior to that as collectors of the series as well. As always, we offer a full, no-questions-asked return policy of 30 days after receipt of the coin if it fails to meet your needs in ANY way – AND WE OFFER ONE OF THE STRONGEST RETURN GUARANTEES ON E-BAY, though it has seldom been used; please check out our Feedback Profile or e-mail any comments or questions that you may have. Thank you again for your interest, and if you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Price: 250 USD

Location: San Diego, California

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