I honestly hate trying to attribute these. About half of the 1787 Connecticut coppers look freakin identical and the variations within variations that make it go from R.2 to R.7 are just not for me. I love dissecting a nice 1794 cent but not these. If anybody can/wants to attribute this and by some miracle it is a rare variety if I sell it I would give you 5%. No joke. I spent so many long hours looking for rare 1787 Conn and found nothing special. Odds are tiny.
You may wish to buy a copy of the Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins. I saw two copies in the bookcase inside a TPGS while on a tour.
I found the variety http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_coins/connecticut_coppers/1785_ct_coppers/1785_ct_m03.04_F.02.htm
http://www.coinfacts.com/colonial_c...7_ct_coppers/1787_ct_copper_miller_1.02_C.htm It may be a variety of a variety LOL
The book is great but a large amount of the 1787 are freaking identical. I mean the differences are so insanely minor it is beyond belief.
Not even close to a Muttonhead, the one in the link posted. The photos aren't the best to show the details needed to attribute it, but if no one gets it before then I can try later this evening. Some of them are really tough, the smallest details make the difference, the 33 obverses are some of the toughest.
Sorry, just not enough detail in the photo for me. It may be one of the obverse 31 or 33 varieties, but that wouldn't narrow it down much I believe there are around 100 of those. Is there more detail in the punctuation than is visible in the photo? If so maybe different photos would help?
I will try. I believe one of the 33s but there are just so many subvarieties in there that it is tedious beyond words to attribute.
Yup, 33's are the worst. I think there are something like 50 different obverses and with reverse combinations close to 100.
