Miller 33.3-W.1 (Rarity 4): Draped Bust facing left. First N punched too low then corrected, E from an F punch, die break from milling to back of neck, legend misspelled CONNFC. Reverse with B corrected from an R, and a pronounced die break from the second cinquefoil toward the inside elbow.

Lustrous chocolate brown with some areas of lighter tan. The surfaces are frosty and not oiled, and are free from corrosion or discoloration. Struck on a better than average flan, with minor planchet roughness on the neck obverse, and a small flan lamination in Liberty's upper drapery on the reverse the only significant problems.

From a type collector's perspective, the Pre-Federal issues, particularly the issues of the Confederation period, are a logical extension backward from the regular issues of the early U.S. Mint. The Articles of Confederation left the right to coin money in the hands of the states, concurrent with the Continental Congress. However, upon adoption of the United States Constitution, coinage rights were reserved for the federal government only, and one of the most numismatically interesting periods in American history came to a close.

Population figures are even more meaningless for Pre-Federal coinage than for Early Federal Copper, as specialists in this area tend not to have their coins certified. Nonetheless, this solidly uncirculated example is certainly one of the finest known of the relatively few survivors for this "Redbook" variety, and the only example reported in Mint State by PCGS.