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Posted 02/05/2024 09:08 am
This is the R9 "Cheap Plow" variety (Tryharder QQ-z.99) with the characteristic "googly eyes" sun face, ex: Dewey/Cheatham and Howe.
Jokes aside, this is an interesting study piece for a variety of reasons. The planchet looks suitably aged, if very dark, with uneven denticles and the large area that resembles a weak strike on the reverse, and other areas that look like die rust or porosity. I somewhat wonder if this wasn't overstruck on something else of a similar vintage.
Any thoughts on how the obverse die was made? Was it hand cut by someone copying off an existing example? Doesn't really look like a cast.
Also, any thoughts as to when this might have been done?
I do find it a bit surprising that it reached $550 - VT coppers are a fairly niche area of collecting, and most people bidding on them are likely to be at least somewhat familiar with the different types. Perhaps the low bid on a scarce type allowed emotion to overrule reason. This is a mid four figure coin for a genuine example in this condition!
(I still need a VERMONTS and VERMONTIS for my own collection, but unless stacks of money fall out of the sky in my front yard, that's not likely to happen.)
Jokes aside, this is an interesting study piece for a variety of reasons. The planchet looks suitably aged, if very dark, with uneven denticles and the large area that resembles a weak strike on the reverse, and other areas that look like die rust or porosity. I somewhat wonder if this wasn't overstruck on something else of a similar vintage.
Any thoughts on how the obverse die was made? Was it hand cut by someone copying off an existing example? Doesn't really look like a cast.
Also, any thoughts as to when this might have been done?
I do find it a bit surprising that it reached $550 - VT coppers are a fairly niche area of collecting, and most people bidding on them are likely to be at least somewhat familiar with the different types. Perhaps the low bid on a scarce type allowed emotion to overrule reason. This is a mid four figure coin for a genuine example in this condition!
(I still need a VERMONTS and VERMONTIS for my own collection, but unless stacks of money fall out of the sky in my front yard, that's not likely to happen.)
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