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1/2 Penny - Copper "Liberty Seated Right"
| Issuer | Connecticut |
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| Year | 1787 |
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| Currency | Pound |
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| Obverse description | Draped and mailed bust of a male figure facing right, occupying the central field. The peripheral legend reads AUCTORI CONNEC, with the abbreviated text distributed around the upper and lower portions of the coin. The portrait is rendered in a crude but characteristically American colonial style, with visible drapery at the shoulder and a laurel or wreath-like element near the crown of the head. The overall design reflects the engraving conventions typical of Connecticut coppers of the 1785–1788 series. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Connecticut authorized its own copper coinage in October 1785, one of several states to fill the vacuum left by the absence of a federal mint. The dies were cut by a rotating cast of private contractors — Abel Buell, James Atlee, and others — which explains the extraordinary die variety proliferation across Connecticut coppers. Miller's reference catalogues over 350 distinct varieties for the series as a whole.
PCGS #418 falls within the 1787 emission, the heaviest production year of the series. Many of these pieces entered circulation immediately and saw hard use before the federal Coinage Act of 1792 rendered them obsolete.