1787 Connecticut Half Penny. Miller 33.39-s.1, R2. Draped Bust Left. PCGS AU-53. 139.4 grains. Very interesting old  museum or collectors marking on both sides. Obverse marked with a red "12" and very faint "19 T". Reverse marked with black "54" smaller faint black "T 54."  Choice, frosty, very smooth chocolate brown surfaces. Nicely centered, the bottom of the date just barely off the planchet. A very nice example of the Draped Bust Connecticut.

Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Wayte Raymond, April 19, 1923 (with ticket); Hillyer Ryder; F.C.C. Boyd; John J. Ford, Jr.;  (Stack's) sale of June 1994, lot 140; Anthony Terranova; Jim LaSarre, via John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online), June 2006.