1788 VERMONT COPPER -
RYDER 40
PCGS No:
Rarity: Extremely Rare
Variety equivalents:
Unlisted in Ryder or Bressett
Notes:
This variety was discovered By Ron Guth in the National Numismatic
Collection at the Smithsonian Institution. Shortly after its
announcement, two additional examples were reported by Bill Anton, but
both of those are believed to be counterfeits.
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Images courtesy of the Smithsonian
Institution
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"Copper Coins of Vermont" by
Tony Carlotto
"The Colonial Coins of
Vermont" by Hillyer Ryder
"Vermont Copper
Coinage" by Kenneth Bressett (Chapter 11 in "Studies on Money in Early
America" by Eric P. Newman and Richard C. Doty)
"Walter
Breen's Complete Encyclopedia Of U.S. And Colonial Coins" by Walter
Breen
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