1/2 Penny - Copper 'Bust Facing Right'

Obverse description	Draped bust of a male figure facing right, with laureate or wreathed hair rendered in bold relief, occupying the central field. The truncation of the bust is visible at the lower portion of the coin, with drapery folds depicted at the shoulder. The surrounding legend reads AUCTORI: CONNEC, with a toothed or beaded border encircling the design. The engraving style is characteristic of late 18th-century American colonial copper coinage, showing strong but somewhat crude workmanship typical of Connecticut coppers.
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Reverse description	Seated female figure, representing Liberty, depicted in profile facing left, holding in one hand a long pole or cane surmounted by a Liberty cap and in the other hand an olive branch. The figure is rendered in the classical allegorical tradition common to American colonial coinage. The encircling legend INDE: ET LIB: 1785 references independence and liberty, with the date incorporated into the legend. A toothed border frames the entire reverse design.
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