1787 Vermont Copper. RR-13, Bressett 17-V, W-2255. Rarity-1. BRITANNIA. VF-30 (PCGS).108.68 grains. Toned in chocolate brown and mahogany shades and pleasantly glossy in-hand. The surfaces show patches of planchet roughness across both sides, with a narrow flaw descending from the reverse rim at 1 oclock. An old pinscratch shows near 12 oclock on the obverse but other mentionable abrasions are limited. More detail than usual is seen on the reverse, including a substantial bit of legend. It has been nearly 10 years since we last featured this pleasing example, when it was sold as part of our (Stacks) June 2010 sale of the C.B. Slade, Jr. Estate.From the Robert M. Martin Collection. Ex our (Stacks) sale of the C.B. Slade, Jr. Estate, June 2010, lot 2062.
