1785 VT 1/2P Immune Columbia, BN (Regular Strike)
Series: U.S. Colonial Issues
PCGS XF40BN
PCGS XF40BN
PCGS VF35BN
- PCGS #:
- 536
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $54,050 • VF35 • 01-07-2015 • Heritage Auctions
Major Varieties
- 1785 VT 1/2P Immune Columbia, BN
Condition Census What Is This?
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#1 PCGS XF40
William Sumner Appleton; Appleton Collection to Massachusetts Historical Society, 1905. As "Very Fine." Stack's, August 1976, Lot 37 - $3,200. As PCGS XF40 #35782601. "The Archangel Collection," Stack's Bowers, October 30, 2018, Lot 7098 - $28,800. RR-1. 124.9 grains. Bottom of the date and the top of ORI is off the flan, but otherwise complete obverse and reverse legends. |
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#2 PCGS VF35
"Property of a Lady"; Bonham's, June 2015, Lot 1143; Anthony Terranova, August 2015; "The Sydney F. Martin Collection," Stack's Bowers, August 24, 2023, Lot 8375 - $43,200. RR-1. |
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#3 PCGS VF25
RR-1. |
#4 PCGS F12
RR-1. |
#5 PCGS VG10
Bill Anton, October 1967; "The Dr. Robert I. Hinckley Collection," November 2001, Lot 2287; Jack Wadlington; Anthony Terranova; Syd Martin; Inde et Lib Fixed Price List, August 2018, Lot 1. As PCGS VG10 #43844078. Stack's Bowers, April 13, 2022, Lot 1213 - Passed; Stack's Bowers, March 29, 2023, Lot 2246 - $6,600. RR-1. |
1785 Vermont Immune Columbia, RR-1
The 1785 Vermont Immune Columbia is a highly elusive copper issued by the Republic of Vermont after the conclusion of the American Revolution and before its admission as the 14th state in the Union.
Hillyer C. Ryder lists this as the first coin in the Vermont series due to its 1785 date, though later research by John Richardson, Tony Carlotto, and others places its manufacture later in the series, likely during the Machin’s Mills period.
Surviving examples are almost universally found in low grades; the finest known specimen is a PCGS XF40 from the William Sumner Appleton Collection.
The RR-1 obverse is famously paired with RR-13 (#800830), RR-31 (#687737), the Connecticut Small Head RR-39 (#687246), and the spurious RR-40. The Immune Columbia reverse die saw multiple uses outside the Vermont series, including three Nova Constellatio varieties. Planchet quality is generally poor for this issue, with PCGS-certified examples ranging in weight from 104 to 124.9 grains.
- Obverse (26): VERMON AUCTORI around the portrait. VERMON is positioned close to the head. VER is spaced farther apart than MON, with a high R. AUCT is spaced farther apart than ORI. The I touches the bust.
- Reverse (Z): Right-facing seated figure of Columbia holding a liberty pole and cap in her right hand, and the scales of justice in her left. The date 1785 appears in the exergue, bookended by two leaves on each side.
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