Vermont Coppers.....one You Don't See Every Day, Ryder 15

Another Favorite!

Sorry, Conder. Looking at a rising sun over the Green Mountains of Vermont, the sun's eyes must be looking at Canada, not New York.

What's really neat though the clipped 9 appears rather nasty, the central detail is amazing. The far left powder horn shows a round incuse rim at the base. I've never seen that on any other coin.

What's special about the Ryder 10? Well, really nothing except they are all different and most are defective/rustic to the extreme. The artist who done those concise drawings in Crosby never even attempted the 10 reverse, and had no idea of how the wreath and hair was detailed. There were simply no high grade examples known. That was before my UNC surfaced and is a condition outlier with an XF in the Bennington Museum next best. I do really like these bust lefts because of their tie in to 14 year old William Buel It is mentioned that the legends on these coins was done by Coley, but I believe William made these dies. The lettering is not up to the other varieties, strange uses of the 1 as an I, and of course the very act of trying to overdate the die is something I can't see an experienced die maker doing. Also these coins were able to "migrate" and mix in with the myriad Conneticut, imitation and genuine English halfpence. This allowed them to circulate much more freely than the landscapes.

Too bad as the coin does have great detail and yes, a nice planchet.

My Ryder 10 has a fantastic planchet..too bad the edge was messed with; it's still one of my favorite coins. It's actually in a slot in my Large Cent Dansco album.
It's a tough coin with less than 100 examples known (estimate).

Like you, there is something special about the bust lefts with me
I also think William was directly involved.

Here's a Ryder 11. Obverse is pitted and flawed, while the reverse is smooth. This is a second use coin with the crack from the you to the head.

Nice coin paddy. The reverse of the Ryder 13 is weak, to appear worn, as struck.

Nice Ryder 11 ambro51 :)
Every specimen that I have seen, are struck on fissured and/or pitted flans.

This is a Ryder 27. A common variety though quite rare when early die state, non dug planchet and tan color with glossy surfaces come together. There was a drop dead gorgeous strongly struck high grade piece in the Phila C4 auction that went for $900 or so. A real nice coin this variety is really Vermont (and Machins Mill) Masterpiece. Clearly this coin and the obverse of 13 were done by a talented individual.