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Vermont Copper (VERMONTENSIUM)
American Confederation Period
1786
Mint: Rupert, Vermont, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper, struck off-center on a rough planchet
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 27-28 mm, 8.27 gm (1 1/16 in., 0.29 oz.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Rosamond Lamb
Accession Number64.94
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 713 v.2
DescriptionThis is the second of the three varieties with the rays on the R and S in RES.
Obv: VERMONTENSIUM· RES· PUBLICA· around sun rising over mountains with eight trees and a plow below ·1786· at bottom, the whole surrounded by a beade circle
Rev: STELLA. QUARTA. DECIMA. around rays and stars radiating out from a circle enclosing an eye, the whole surrounded by a beaded circle
Edge: rough
Obv: VERMONTENSIUM· RES· PUBLICA· around sun rising over mountains with eight trees and a plow below ·1786· at bottom, the whole surrounded by a beade circle
Rev: STELLA. QUARTA. DECIMA. around rays and stars radiating out from a circle enclosing an eye, the whole surrounded by a beaded circle
Edge: rough