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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;HandsomeToad, post: 445669, member: 12965&quot;]Howdy fellow coin peeps, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Here&#039;s one of my newest colonial coins to be added to my colonial collection: </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/3360/1787obvjy2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2579/1787revos8.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It&#039;s a 1787 M37.8-K.2 Connecticut Cent (R-5) and it is very interesting, when compared to other Connecticut Cents. Most Conns only have period or colon stops and sometimes cinquifoils afterwards, this one has the colon stops but interesting ornaments too. The little flower like ornaments are called Fleurons but I have no clue what the little double squigglys are called on the reverse. I spoke with someone that is more knowledgeable on colonials and he said that the little squigglys are very unique and their purpose is unknown but probably symbolize something, but what? There&#039;s also a full dash separating the ET-LIB and that is also not the norm. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There is apparent delamination on the obverse @ K11 and my friend believes the die clash look on the reverse may have also been caused by a delaminated planchet, but not sure. The one shown on CoinFacts has what appears to be a line between the head &amp; staff, which could have been the early stages of a clashed die but if it is a die clash, the dies clashed again and it got worse. I don&#039;t know if it will ever be known what happened but who cares, the only thing that matters is the damage was caused during minting or a poor planchet, so it doesn&#039;t hurt the coin&#039;s overall grade. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This is now one of my favorite Conns and I have 6 now and 3 in route that I haven&#039;t attributed yet. The six I have so far are:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1787 M4-L (multiple struck)</p><p>1787 M37.8-K-2 (off center strike)</p><p>1788 M12.1-E</p><p>1788 M12.1-F.1</p><p>1788 M13-A.1 (off center strike)</p><p>1788 M16.4-L.2</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I also found out last night that some of the rarity ratings on the Conns have been recently adjusted and the rarity ratings listed on CoinFacts are outdated and on my newest addition, CoinFacts lists it as an R-3, which is perfectly fine with me but it&#039;s been raised recently by someone but I can&#039;t remember that person&#039;s name (listed in one of the recent major auction catalogs). Another thing I found out is many of the Conns are technically counterfeits, since many were minted without proper authority :whistle: and there is around 350 varieties. :rolling:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>When my new ones get in and I&#039;ve attributed them, I&#039;ll post them. :thumb: Plus, I&#039;ll post pics of the other five in subsequent posts in this thread, since I think I&#039;ve missed posting a few of them but I don&#039;t know which ones, so I&#039;ll just post them all. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Ps: On my multiple struck 1787 M4-L, which is known as the Horned Bust Variety, I found out a little while ago that the die clash, that created the horn, occurred early on with the dies so ones missing the horn are very rare and mine is missing the horn (third party verification) and, on top of that, it&#039;s been struck at least twice but I believe it was struck three or four times, which is rare in of itself. So mine, if it was struck more than twice, is mega rare and since it&#039;s also missing the horn, it&#039;s probably one of a kind for that variety. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I really love the Connecticut Cents, with all of their funky planchet problems and clashed dies and misspelled words and different bust types and . . . .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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