1786 CT 1/2P Mailed Bust Left, BN MS (PCGS#331)
August 2019 ANA U.S. Coins Auction Rosemont, IL
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 490
- 等级
- AU55BN
- 价格
- 46,586
- 详细说明
- Remarkable 1786 Miller 5.9-L
A New Discovery
The Finest Known
1786 Connecticut Copper. Miller 5.9-L, W-2640. Rarity-7-. Mailed Bust Left. AU-55BN (NGC).
Glossy deep chocolate and steel brown with nuances of soft mahogany. Gently flecked streaks of darker patina are associated with some minor planchet striations. Generous mint luster remains, and traces of faded original red can be seen just left of the effigy's face, near the date, and in other peripheral recesses. Centered a bit to the left on both sides, with the very tips of some letters just over the edge, and others resting just tangent to the border. Around the right side, the legends are complete and far from the rims, with strong dentils enclosing most of them. A thin fissure passes through the effigy's shoulder and expands into a small void at the top of the mail, while a much shallower lamination passes across the head. The planchet is actually rather nice overall, however, and the coin offers exceptional eye appeal in general. As for the specific variety, it is a landmark new discovery. According to Randy Clark's research notes, there are now just ten examples known of this rare variety and this one is the finest. Until the discovery of this one, the standing finest was the John Carter Brown Library-Frederick Taylor coin. When we sold it in March of 1987, it was called "probable finest known" and graded VF-20, which seems conservative and perhaps based more on overall sharpness than on surface quality, which appears to have been nice. Still, this one is sharper with somewhat better centering, and luster,which is no minor attribute for just about any Connecticut. It is especially noteworthy for this tough variety that was missing altogether from our recent Twin Leaf sale, the first 300+ Connecticut variety collection sold since Perkins, in 2000. Speaking of Perkins, that collection included the "second finest seen," of the 5.9-L, called "Fine/Very Fine" and obviously far inferior to this one. The Collection SLT coin was called "Fine-12" and much worse, still. Ford and Newman were both missing this variety.
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