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  The first Vermont coppers were struck by Reuben Harmon, Jr. of Rupert, Vermont. Later production was moved to Machin's Mills in New York State. Machin's Mills has long fascinated collectors who are drawn to colonial and Confederation era coinage. The facility made legitimate coins during the day and often turned its attentions to counterfeit coins at night. Strange sounds were known to emanate from the place at night to scare away curious boys and others who might have been drawn to see what was going there after dark. At any rate, have fun grading this. I'll be back tomorrow or the next day to continue the story.
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Wow! Looking at "Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins", this should tell you I know nothing but, learning every day. The Obverse AU. The Reverse VF So is this book reference for an EAC grade?  EAC grade EF. |
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Billjones, CCF member/moderator Vermontensium ,(Dave) will love this coin.
Thanks for posting.
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The obverse looks close to mint state so I will presume the reverse weakness is "as struck". PCGS AU-58 seems plausible. Very nice and exotic coin!
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also thinking higher Au grade
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Very nice colonial!!  I think the TPG gave it a AU 55. The obverse I would gine a 58. I see wear on the reverse so will give it a 55. |
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Beautiful. Not even going to attempt a grade.
I prefer the VERMONTS. / VERMONTIS & VERMONTENSIUM designs, but I own one of these in much rougher condition.
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Really cool coin and interesting story. AU55
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This coin currently resides in a PCGS EF-45 holder. It was sold in an NGC AU-50 when Heritage auctioned off the Newman collection in several parts. I think that it really is an AU coin. This piece can only be graded from obverse unless you are an expert in grading by surfaces. The reverse was also paired with one of Machin's Mills' counterfeit British half pennies. It was intentionally made to look the way it does to convince people to accept it. If a coin looked well worn, that was evidence that many other people had accepted it as good piece of money. In other words the reverse pretty much looked like this the day it was minted. The Newman coin envelope also came with this piece. It is interesting to note that this piece was first marked as a Machin's Mills counterfeit British half penny. That attribution was then crossed out, and the Vermont attribution was written in to replace it. Here is a "real" Machin's Mills counterfeit British half penny.   Edited by billjones
03/18/2016 09:38 am
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Neat! Thank you for these informative posts.
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The stories about these coins are great. Thanks Bill
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