Description: This listing is for the photographed 1787 Connecticut Half Penny. This is for the actual coin pictured. Amazing piece of history. Lower priced coin due to the corrosion. Date is still completely clear! Connecticut coppers have the most complex minting history of all colonial issues. There were more that 355 die combinations, with at least 126 type varieties having 26 distinct bust styles made by at least six different mints. Yet, the basic design of the Connecticut Coppers never changed; all issues imitated the British halfpenny. The obverse depicted the bust of a man wearing a laurel wreath, the figure sometimes faced to the left (as George II) or to the right (as George III) and was either clad in mail armor or draped in a toga. The obverse legend was one of several forms of Latin abbreviations for the phrase "By the authority of Connecticut." The reverse depicted a seated personification of Liberty closely resembling the British Britannia with a legend consisting of an abbreviated form of "Independence and Liberty." 1787 Connecticut Half Penny - Colonial 1/2 Penny 1787 State of Connecticut 1 Cent 1787 - Auctori Connec , Rare Coin, Lower Price, Corrosion
Price: 37 USD
Location: Dover, New Hampshire
End Time: 2024-08-03T19:32:23.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Certification: Uncertified
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Year: 1787
Denomination: 1/2C
Coin: Connecticut Copper Coin
Composition: Copper
Type: Colonial
