1786 Vermont Baby Head- Grade

I know the grade so I'll stay out of this one. But a great example! I remember either hearing from someone, or reading somewhere how you came to own this one, great acquisition!

I am going with weak strike and luster showing in the fields. MS62

i had it mid to high AU. first thought was AU55.

This is as nice of a Vermont copper as I've seen. Congrats to Jack on having such a wonderful specimen in his collection, not many have Vermont coppers half this nice. I was too late to guess the grade but it's in line with where I thought it would be, high AU top of the CC as well.

I went down the Vermont hole after getting a few copies of Q. David Bowers recent book on them, I sold off the books, except a single copy for myself, and made a good profit which I hope to put towards a decent Vermont copper of my own. I'm leaning towards a landscape design.



It's totally worth getting a copy of this book, if you can find a copy now, it's a fantastic read on their history and variations.

Also there is Tony Carlotto's book on Vermont Coppers, which is a classic, though a lot more costly, it was the first book the Colonial Coin Collector Club published, I also have a copy of that as well, that I won at a K&F Book auction last year. Copies of Bowers book go from $75 to $125 and Tony's book is around $225+ when offered.

Safe to say one needs to be, if not well heeled financially, but save up money for a while to be able to play in the Vermont collecting game. That's what I'm doing.

For other cheaper Vermont research literature is of course Ken Bressett's Vermont Coinage chapter in the A.N.S. 1976 C.O.A.C. book,"Studies on Money in Early America By Eric P. Newman, Richard G. Doty. I've found it online for free and it often comes up on ebay for under $10.00 another great book though a bit dated. I believe it's on the ANS site if you search.

AU-58, super coin.