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Hi all, thought I'd show off a new pickup that arrived today, a nice little 4-pack of state coppers. I went purely by eye appeal and variety that I liked best, they are all about the same color, visual quality, etc. My favorite is the Vermont, it's a details grade but the rising sun face is really good, which to me is the most important part. Cheers!  |
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Nice ! A great direction to go in.
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Fantastic group!  |
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Thanks, marvelous old relics, most folks I find have no idea there was coinage like this before the US mint came around. Here's a close-up of the rising sun, I think it's so hilarious that VT made this sun-face peeking over the land, like a first-grader in art class  also the floating tree..  |
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Nice! Are you going to attribute the die varieties? You never know, there might be a rarer one in there!
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Are you going to attribute the die varieties? Will need to eventually, by "variety" up above I just meant I like the landscape VT coin better than the bust, I think this CT head looks the most "classic".. For NJ, it seemed every coin I looked at had an entirely different horse on it, I liked the pointy/bulbous 'snout' on this one  So as you see I have some learning to do, but that is part of the fun. |
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Well done @tim. Colonial copper is definitely interesting!
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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Excellent examples you picked up! Really stellar coins. The majority of colonials out there are problem coins in some way. You've managed to get a lot of really nice examples, congrats!
-CH27
Collector of U.S. Coins, Varieties, and Colonial Coinage
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Great start. I'm also collecting the early coppers. Amazing connection to history. So much subtle symbolism and detail in those early designs. Thanks for sharing,those are nice.
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That's a very nice quartett of State coppers. Congratulations.
The Vermont Landscape would be my favourite too. There is something very 'quintessential' about them.
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The Vermont landscapes are my favorite as well. If you don't have one, get a copy of Whitman's Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins. You'll be able to ID all of yours with it. Start with the easiest and work your way to the harder ones Vermont should be the easiest, then New Jersey, toss up on the other two, and you are absolutely correct, the research and learning is all part of it! I love trying to attribute low grade Connecticuts looking for a hidden gem!
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Now I'm going to be looking to purchase some state copper, those are too cool! Thanks for sharing.
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04/04/2022 6:27 pm
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Very nice!, you gotta show the reverses!
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Very nice!, you gotta show the reverses! If you insist! Sure is hard to take good pics of coins in slabs, with all those reflections, but here's the general idea. Now on the hunt for a Fugio & a Nova Constellatio, boy this colonial thing could get addictive.  |
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Addictive? No, not at all, I am closing in on 60 Connecticut varieties now!
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