1785 Vermont Copper. RR-1, Bressett 26-Z, W-2250. Rarity-5+. IMMUNE COLUMBIA. Good-4, environmental damage.111.12 grains. Despite heavily textured surfaces, the devices remain mostly discernible across this scarce Vermont muling. A deep tobacco patina blankets much of the facade, with lighter russet areas exposed mainly at the centers of each side. VERMON reads clearly in the left obverse field, accompanying the substantial remnants of the portrait of George III. A planchet fissure, as struck, projects upward from the bottom border, remaining apparent in the corresponding location on the opposite side. The seated figure on the reverse exhibits definition to her extremities, perched atop the nicely pronounced date below. Though the peripheral legend is rendered heavily obscured, the beginning and terminal letters of COLUMBIA to the right can be spotted without too much effort. Overall, a wholly satisfying example of this colonial rarity.From a Leesburg, VA Collection. Ex our February 2012 Americana Auction, lot 1035.
