US Pre-Federal - 1787 Connecticut Copper

Pictured is a Draped Bust Left Connecticut Copper. I acquired it a little while back, and just have gotten around to attributing it.

This particular variety is a Miller 44-W.4, Breen-635, W-4260, and is ANACS slabbed.

Would anyone care to have a little fun and estimate the grade?

As always, any comments and thoughts about it are appreciated and welcomed!

Thanks, kindly

CheetahCats

 

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I'm going to preface my grade with the fact that I know nothing about grading colonials, nothing! With that said I will hazard an off the wall VF-25, just because I like the way it sounds.

 

Clearly, that coin was thumbed. (that's a joke )

I have no idea what the grade it, but I grade it "cool"!

 

That CT looks AU.

 

Huge amount of sharp detail on that coin, at least EF, maybe AU?

 

Porousity ... so I say they net graded it F-15

 

I wish indeed it had been graded as an AU. It is in fact, a VF-30.

 

I guessed AU because the bust and portrait have so much detail present and ignored the porosity or other issues the coin might have.

 

I've considered the option of cracking it out of its slab and resubmitting to a different TPG. I think it's entirely possible its perhaps 5-10 undergraded...

 

Does anyone have any opinions as to this idea?

 

Off the top of my head, I would be concerned that it might wind up in a genuine or problem slab as 'corroded' or something like that.

 

If the recent interest in early cents crosses over to prefederals, the market grading might kick in and they will overlook the porosity, also and this seems to be just a sneaking suspicion that sometimes it seems to depend on who submits a coin wether or not it gets a good grade or not.