1788 Vermont Copper. RR-24, Bressett 16-S, W-2200. Rarity-3. Bust Right. EF-45 (PCGS).110.6 grains. Frosty and glossy medium brown with nice visual appeal on both sides. Nicely struck and nearly ideally centered, with full complements of denticles around both sides. The centers show a little of their typical softness, but devices on both sides remain well defined. The obverse shows some of the usual peripheral laminated texture, but no marks or substantial issues, just a little spot behind the eye. The reverse is glossy at bottom but a little mattelike at top, with some reddish scale subtly blending in behind the head and at E of ET. Aside from some very light old horizontal hairline scratches left of the head, that side is also pleasing and relatively problem free. No evidence of an undertype is seen, and the die state is typical.<p>Though not considered a rarity, this is not a variety thats easy to find this nice. No specimen in our digital archives from the last 20 years exceeds VF. Fords, earlier from the 1904 Mills sale, was a lovely EF, and Norwebs was a beautiful AU with a planchet void at the central reverse that reappeared in the 2015 Partrick sale as MS-60 BN (NGC).PCGS# 800838. BASE PCGS# 563. NGC ID: 2B5D.From the Richard August Collection.
