1787/8 CONNCT Connecticut Copper, Mailed Bust Left, M. 9-R, High R.4, AU53 PCGS....

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1787/1788 Connecticut Copper, AU53
Mailed Bust Left, Miller 9-R
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1787/8 CONNCT Connecticut Copper, Mailed Bust Left, M. 9-R, High R.4, AU53 PCGS. A very scarce Guide Book variety and the finest of only a few pieces graded by NGC and PCGS combined. The M. 9-R variety employs a reverse originally dated 1788, but bold repunching shows a 7 over the final 8, either to correct an error or perhaps backdating previous date punches. This is an essentially unabraded medium-brown example that displays a bold strike and a diagnostic beard-like die break beneath the portrait. Struck from rotated dies, the reverse is slightly misaligned toward 10 o'clock. The surface quality is exceptional for a Connecticut copper at this grade regardless of variety. Listed on page 32 of the 2026 Guide Book, where it is unpriced above above AU50. PCGS Population: 1 in 53, 0 finer (3/26).
Ex: FUN Signature (Heritage, 1/2009), lot 56.
From The Alamo Collection of U.S. Colonial Issues.

Coin Index Numbers: (Variety PCGS# 686415, Base PCGS# 349)

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