1787 CT 1/2P Laughing Head, BN MS(PCGS#358)

The November 2012 Baltimore Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6043

Grade

XF45BN

Price

1,058

Lot Description

1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 6.1-M, W-2820. Rarity-2. Mailed Bust Left, Laughing Head. EF-45 (PCGS). 106.8 grains. Dies about 30 degrees clockwise of coin turn. Nice glossy chocolate brown with some minor, shallow planchet striations at central reverse. One of the real engraving oddities of the series, considered a circulating counterfeit, with a low-relief and heavily outlined obverse portrait that can only be called goofy. Nicely centered and essentially problem free. Nice Laughing Heads seem to turn up less frequently than they once did. PCGS# 358. Provenance: From the John "Jack" Royse Collection. Purchased privately from Stack's.