1786 VT 1/2P Vermontensium, BN MS(PCGS#545)

Winter 2022 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

3149

等级

F12BN

价格

6,780

详细说明

1786 Vermont Copper. Landscape. RR-6, Bressett 4-D, W-2020. Rarity-2. VERMONTENSIUM. Fine-12 (PCGS). This handsome piece exhibits blended copper-rose highlights to dominant golden-brown patina, the surfaces overall smooth with plenty of good gloss. Struck off center to 6 o'clock on the obverse, and also unevenly struck on that side, the date is essentially absent and the plow and adjacent lettering are soft. The reverse is better centered, yet also unevenly struck with the lower left of that side soft. Light, ancient surface scale in the protected areas around some of the design elements is hardly worthy mentioning, and there are no marks of consequence. Also conspicuously absent are flan flaws, which can be extensive on Landscape Vermonts. This is the popular "Floating Tree" variety of the Landscape Vermont copper, so named due to the fourth (from the viewer's left) obverse tree in the design: it floats in mid air and does not touch the mountain below. Writing in Mason's Coin and Stamp Magazine, April 1867, Ebenezer Locke Mason, Jr. described two additional features of this obverse die: "The tree to the extreme right does not touch the bank upon which it was intended to stand, but is perceptibly to its right...A third difference is the duplicate letter U in 'PUBLICA,' which the artist, it would appear, made to run too much inwards, so that he duplicated it in a more proper place, but neglected to erase the original. This is my theory--others may suggest a more plausible one." In addition to these distinct features, RR-6 is the most available variety of Landscape Vermont copper and is popular as a "type" variety for collectors seeking a single Vermont copper to represent the Landscape design. Locating a relatively well produced, nicely preserved example in any grade can be challenging, however, the coin offered here certainly superior to many other certified pieces at the Fine level. Provenance: From our August 2020 Auction, lot 2266. PCGS# 545. Click here for certification details from PCGS.