1786 VT 1/2P Bust Left, BN (Regular Strike)
Series: U.S. Colonial Issues
PCGS XF45BN
PCGS VF35BN
PCGS VF30BN
- PCGS #:
- 551
- Designer:
- N/A
- Edge:
- N/A
- Diameter:
- N/A
- Weight:
- N/A
- Mintage:
- N/A
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- Other
- Auction Record:
- $8,400 • VF35 • 11-01-2017 • Heritage Auctions
Major Varieties
- 1786 VT 1/2P Bust Left, BN
Condition Census What Is This?
| #1 PCGS XF45 |
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#2 PCGS XF40
"The Troy Wiseman Collection, Part Two," Heritage Auctions, January 1, 2007, Lot 168 - $3,737.50. "The San Jose Collection of Colonial Coinage," Heritage Auctions, January 1, 2009, Lot 74 - $2,760; Heritage Auctions, February 23, 2020, Lot 3465 - $2,640. RR-10. Possibly the finest known of the variety; nevertheless, planchet flaws are present across the central devices. |
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#3 PCGS VF35
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#4 PCGS VF30
Perry Collection, November 1968; "The Dr. Robert I. Hinkley Collection," Bowers and Merena, November-December 2001, Lot 2334; Q. David Bowers. Acquired from Anthony Terranova, via trade with Steve Hayden, 2007. As PCGS VF30 #37300261. "The Q. David Bowers Collection," Stack's Bowers, June 23, 2020, Lot 209 - $2,880. RR-11. |
| #4 PCGS VF30 |
#6 PCGS VF25
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#6 PCGS VF25
Long Island Numismatics, February 2002. As PCGS VF25 #46767177. "The Sydney F. Martin Collection," Stack's Bowers, August 24, 2023, Lot 8392 - $1,260. RR-11. |
The 1786 Vermont Copper, Bust Left
Both the RR-10 (#800828) and RR-11 (#800850) varieties use Abel Buell's King George II / Britannia motif, but they are easily distinguishable by the placement of the inscription, the presence or absence of encroaching denticles over VERMON, and the presence or absence of punctuation after AUCTORI.
The RR-10 variety features a colon after AUCTORI and lacks the encroaching denticles, while the RR-11 has no punctuation after AUCTORI and the denticles are crudely drawn and nearly touch the tops of the letters VERMO.
Planchet quality is typically poor, and PCGS has certified only one example in grades finer than VF20 for the RR-10, while the RR-11 has a few examples finer than VF20, but none in XF40 or above.
The RR-10 and RR-11 are equivalent in rarity in lower grades.
The 1786 Vermont Copper, Bust Left, RR-10
- Obverse: A Romanized bust portrait of King George II (1683–1760), based on the designs found on English copper coins during his reign. Instead of the traditional English legend GEORGIUS II REX, the inscription on the "Bust Left" Vermont Copper reads: VERMON: AUCTORI:.
- Reverse: Borrowing again from British coinage, the reverse depicts a seated Britannia. The legend INDE ET LIB ("Independence and Liberty") wraps along the upper border. A four-dot rosette is positioned in the upper-left field, and the date 1786 appears in the exergue.
The 1786 Vermont Copper, Bust Left, RR-11
- Obverse: A Romanized bust portrait of King George II (1683–1760), based on the designs found on English copper coins during his reign. Instead of the traditional English legend GEORGIUS II REX, the inscription on the "Bust Left" Vermont Copper reads: VERMON: AUCTORI. (Note the colon following AUCTORI on the RR-10 is not present here).
- Reverse: The reverse depicts a seated Britannia. The enraver followed both INDE and ETLIB with colons. A four-dot rosette is positioned in the upper-left field, and the date 1786 appears in the exergue.
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