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1787 CT 1/2P Small Head Right - ''ET LIB'' Half Penny

Strike Type
1787 CT 1/2P Small Head Right - ''ET LIB'' Half Penny

Coin Details

Year
1787
Denomination
Colonials
Mint Mark
P
Strike Type
Regular Strike
Series
Post-1776 States Coinage (1776-1788)
Designer
Various engravers (Abel Buell, James Atlee, and others)
Composition
Copper
Weight
6.5g
Diameter
28.5mm
Edge
Plain

Description

A 1787 Connecticut copper with a small head bust facing right. The obverse features a notably smaller portrait punch than the standard mailed bust issues of the same year. The reverse retains the standard ET LIB INDE legend with seated Liberty. This type is part of a small group of right-facing bust varieties from 1787.

Rarity Notes

Moderately scarce.

Cross References

Miller 2-A and related; Whitman 2835

External References

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