Houston Jan 2025

 EX MILLS-RYDER-BOYD-FORD

LOT 134 1787 Connecticut Miller 16.2-NN.1 R5 Draped Bust Left (DBL), PCGS graded VF25 . Glossy light to medium brown. Smooth and choice for the grade with just a few trivial planchet chips in the centers. The only mark is a light rim bruise below the bust. Struck slightly off center leaving the bottom of the date off the planchet, but the date is easily readable and the legends are strong. Struck with the reverse rotated 90 degrees CCW. Weight 152.3 grains. The attribution and Robert M. Martin Collection provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 685113.25/38407367

Ex John G. Mills, S. H. & H. Chapman 4/27/1904:284-Hillyer Ryder-F. C. C. Boyd-John J. Ford, Jr., Stack’s 5/10/2005:309-Robert M. Martin Collection, Stack’s Bowers 11/15/2019:5147-the Copper Mountain Collection (includes the Ford collection ticket, the Martin collection envelope, and the Martin lot ticket)

LOT 135 1787 Connecticut Miller 17-g.3 R4- DBL, PCGS graded VF30 . Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The only marks are very tiny planchet chips in the fields and protected areas around the head of the seated figure. Otherwise this piece is choice. Struck slightly off center to K-1 leaving the bottom of the date off the planchet. The attribution and Twin Leaf provenance are noted on the PCGS label. Certification Number 685118.30/36053686

Ex W. M. “Jack” Wadlington (the Twin Leaf Collection)-the Copper Mountain Collection

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