Houston-Money-Show-Auction-Jan-19-20,-2024

LOT 535 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.25-Z.10 R6 Draped Bust Left VF20 . Glossy light to medium steel brown. Nearly choice with great eye appeal for the grade. Nearly centered on a nice planchet. Looks perfect to the unaided eye but a glass reveals microscopic marks and planchet chips including a couple light scratches in the field before the mouth. The bottom edge of the date is off the planchet but everything else is complete and strong. Weight 154.2 grains.

LOT 538 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.37-Z.9 R6- Draped Bust Left VF30 . Glossy olive brown and chocolate. The portrait and center of the reverse show many planchet chips and striations but everything else is smooth. The only notable mark is a small splash of crud around the fleuron above the head. The date and legends are all bold. Weight 138.4 grains. Comes with a nice provenance.

Ex Herbert M. Oechsner 9/8/1988:1143-Stack’s Americana Sale 1/26/2010:4200 (as EF40, last lot ticket included)

Ex Roosevelt Field Gimbels 2/5/1986-Neil Rothschild Collection

LOT 536 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.36-T.2 R2 Draped Bust Left F12 . Sharper but the obverse was smoothed and the reverse is covered with microscopic roughness under the rather glossy dark olive brown patina. No notable marks or other defects. Struck slightly off center to K-5 but the date and legends are complete and clear. Weight 120.8 grains.

LOT 539 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.39-s.1 R4 Draped Bust Left VF30 . Ten points sharper but covered with microscopic roughness. No verdigris and only a few microscopic marks. There are some tiny planchet chips on the neck and face with similar chips on the lower part of the seated figure. Slightly glossy dark olive brown and steel. LDS with a strong die break at the top of the reverse. Struck slightly off center to the top leaving the bottom of the date off the planchet. Everything else is complete and strong. Weight 131.9 grains.

Ex Tony Terranova, 2009 C-4 Sale, McCawley & Grellman Auctions 11/21/2009:150 (lot ticket included)

LOT 537 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.36-T.2 R2 Draped Bust Left VG10 . Much sharper but covered with uniform moderate roughness. No marks or verdigris. Sharp and nicely centered with a strong date and clear legends. Must have entered an unfriendly environment soon after minting. Weight 108.5 grains.

LOT 540 1787 Connecticut Miller 33.39-s.1 R4 Draped Bust Left VF20 . Ten points sharper but there is a planchet fissure at the top of the head that reaches through the planchet to the 17 in the date. Otherwise the planchet is decent with minor chips on the face and in the center of the reverse. Glossy medium brown blending to chocolate brown in protected areas. There is a “2” written in the center of the obverse and two more numbers (34?) on the reverse, both added in red ink. The 87 is bold but the 17 is affected by the fissure. The legends are complete and clear. Weight 127.2 grains.

Comes with an old, small collector envelope that indicates this piece came from Dr. Thomas Hall plus a round ticket

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