1788 VT 1/2P Georgivs III Rex, RR-31, BN MS(PCGS#687737)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4219

Grade

VF20BN

Price

960

Lot Description

1788 Vermont Copper. RR-31, W-2260. Rarity-5-. Mailed Bust Right. GEORGIVS III REX. VF-20 (PCGS). 118.4 grains. Tan devices contrast pleasantly with darker brown fields. A bit grainy, and showing some encrustation and verdigris. The centering is very good, ideal on the obverse but leaving the bottoms of the date digits and the tops of LIB off the flan on the reverse. The centers are stronger than usually encountered, with a bold enough strike to obliterate the divot usually seen at the central reverse on this variety. Distinctive and popular, the Ryder-31’s obverse legends makes plain the connection between the Vermont subcontract with Machin’s Mills and the counterfeiting activity conducted at that Newburgh, New York mint. This is both sharper and nicer than most. Provenance: From the E Pluribus Unum Collection. PCGS #572 and #687737.