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Vermont Copper (VERMON AUCTORI)
Engraved by: James Falconer Atlee (American (born in England), 1762–1840)
Struck by: Reuben Harmon, Jr. (American)
Struck by: Reuben Harmon, Jr. (American)
American Confederation Period
1787
Mint: Rupert, Vermont, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper, overstruck on a Constellatio Nova copper
Dimensions
Diameter and weight: 28 mm, 8.26 gm (1 1/8 in., 0.29 oz.)
Credit Line
Augustine Shurtleff Collection of Coins
Accession Number01.216
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Breen 718
DescriptionObv: VERMON AUCTORI around a laureate bust in armor facing right (the eye and rays of the original Constellatio copper are still visible in the face and neck of the bust), the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Rev: INDE ET LIB around a seated figure facing left with an olive branch and a pole, a shield is to the right and it is dated 1787 in the exergue, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Edge: rough
Rev: INDE ET LIB around a seated figure facing left with an olive branch and a pole, a shield is to the right and it is dated 1787 in the exergue, the whole surrounded by a serrated rim
Edge: rough