1927 Vermont Sesquicentennial. MS-65 (PCGS).，Light, even golden iridescence is seen on both sides of this smooth and attractive Gem. One of the most significant campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, the Saratoga Campaign of June 14 to October 17, 1777, resulted in a decisive victory for the colonials. The British army of General John Burgoyne was defeated and forced to surrender, and France finally entered the global war against Great Britain, of which the American Revolution was only one component. An important prelude to Burgoynes final defeat, the Battle of Bennington was fought on August 16, 1777, in Walloomsac, New York, about 10 miles from its namesake Bennington, Vermont. The American victory at Bennington inflicted 1,000 casualties on Burgoynes forces, resulted in many of his Native American allies abandoning him, and helped set up the final British defeat in this campaign at Saratoga in October. To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Bennington, as well as the independence of Vermont, Congress authorized an issue of 40,000 half dollars through the Act of February 24, 1925. From this total mintage only 28,108 pieces were distributed, the remaining 11, 892 coins returned to the Mint for melting.，From the A.J. Vanderbilt Collection. Acquired by gift from our consignors mother in the late 1930s.，
