1786 Vermont Copper. Landscape. RR-7, Bressett 5-E, W-2025. Rarity-3. VERMONTENSIUM. EF-40 (PCGS). A premium example from these dies, boldly struck and well centered on a particularly choice planchet that is smooth apart from a thin, shallow reverse flaw extending into the center from the border at 9 oclock. Softness of detail is minor and confined to the right obverse and reverse peripheries, although even in those areas the lettering is readily evident. Most other features are sharply rendered, the in hand appearance impressively smooth in the absence of all but faint handling marks and a few microscopic pits that are easily overlooked. Warmly and evenly toned in golden-brown, the discerning collector would be hard pressed to find a more technically sound and attractive example of this challenging early Federal era copper type. PCGS# 545. NGC ID: 2B57.
