I cherrypicked myself, but require assistance with it's type/value

Pokermandude · February 26, 2016 7:23AM

From a bulk lot I purchased quite some time ago. Was labelled as 1700's British halfpenny. I was going through inventory today and it didn't look right. I took a close look and it's actually a 1787 Connecticut copper. Pretty worn/damaged, but the date and enough of the legend is legible.

I could use some help with an attribution/grade, as I am clueless on American Colonial copper. Thanks!

DollarAfterDollar · February 26, 2016 12:17PM

These are surprisingly higher graded than your first inclination might suggest.

Forget about getting it attributed if it's a variety as the services wont do attributions unless the coin is included in a contracted collection (like Newman).

Pokermandude · February 27, 2016 4:20AM

Bump for the weekend crowd. Any input on a grade? aG3? G4?

shorecoll · February 27, 2016 5:16AM

Details are much higher than G, the question is the surface condition. IMHO.

DollarAfterDollar · February 27, 2016 12:30PM

I'd encourage you to look up a few of these in old Heritage auctions to get a better feel for what you have here. I'm surprised there's so little input by others.

CoinRaritiesOnline · February 27, 2016 2:54PM

Neat find!

I'd call it F details at best, environmental damage.

As for the attribution, it's a project in that grade using those photos. The easiest (but not easy) way may be to scroll through the 1787 Connecticuts in the Ford sale shown here and try to find a match.

TopographicOceans · February 27, 2016 3:06PM

Originally posted by: CoinRaritiesOnline
Neat find!

I'd call it F details at best, environmental damage.

NewEnglandRarities · February 27, 2016 11:54PM

I would agree with CRO, VG to F details at best with environmental damage. It does probably net grade AG/G because of the surfaces. I did a quick look for attribution but with a coin in that condition and the photos given, it is a real uphill battle. There are literally a couple hundred varieties for 1787 on the Connecticut coppers and all of them are quite close. I wasn't able to get it.

If it turns out to be a more common variety (R-1 through R-5) the value would be minimal (under $100). It it turns out to be a rarer die variety, the price can jump from there.

There is enough on the coin to identify the variety, but it could be very time consuming unfortunately.

Hope this helps.