1787 Connecticut 1/2p M11.2-K PCGS EF45 Mailed Bust Left W2875 R2 Syd Martin

From the Earlycoppercoins PCGS Registry Set.  Prior pedigree from the Stacks Bowers sale of the Syd Martin collection, sold on 05/20/25 as part of the May 2025 Collector’s Choice Online Auction, as lot #92152 and briefly described as: “1787 Connecticut Copper. Miller 11.2-K, W-2875. Rarity-2. Mailed Bust Left. EF-45 (PCGS).  165.6 grains.  Provenance: From the Sydney F. Martin Collection. Earlier ex Ted L. Craige (reportedly); Henry C. Miller; our (Bowers and Ruddy's) Fixed Price List of the Henry C. Miller Collection, 1972; Pine Tree Auction Company, Inc.'s EAC Sale of February 1975, lot 90; Kagin's Long Beach Sale of February 1987, lot 4208; McCawley-Grellman's Sixth Annual C-4 Convention Sale, November 2000, lot 147; Jim LaSarre, via John Agre and Dave Wnuck (Coin Rarities Online), June 6, 2007.”  The coin sold for $504 in that sale to Kevin Vinton, and I purchased the coin from him on 06/09/25.  PCGS certification# with “Mailed Bust Left, M 11.2-K” on the special Sydney F. Martin label.