1787 CT 1/2P Mail Bust Rt, Muttonhead, BN MS(PCGS#343)

1787 CT 1/2P Mail Bust Rt, Muttonhead, BN MS (PCGS#343)

The January 2012 Americana Sale

详细说明: 1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 1.2-mm, W-2730. Rarity-7. Muttonhead. Fine-15. 116.1 grains. Deep olive brown with chestnut highlights on the high points,  uniform microporosity present on both sides, minor rim knocks noted on both sides as well. Obverse off-center as always for the variety, rim tight to tops of NNEC, just a few faint ticks here and there, none overly deep or offensive, reverse slightly more granular, small pit in field at 3 o'clock, other tiny marks scattered about. A rare prize that combines the common Muttonhead obverse with a rare reverse die that shows a large period (and no other punctuation) between ET and LIB as a diagnostic. The discovery of this rare die combination was first announced by Robert Vlack in the <em>Colonial News Letter </em>(Volume 2, number 2, page 4) in 1961, and precious few other examples have come to light since then, a period of 50 years! The present specimen compares favorably to Taylor:2395 for sharpness of detail, though the present coin has more surface disturbances than that specimen. One of the known examples is holed -- twice -- and has a sizeable gouge; the present specimen is certainly higher in the <em>Condition Census </em>than that coin. Yet another great treasure from the SLT Collection.