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1788 COPPER Vermont Copper, ET LIB INDE, Struck over Irish Halfpenny VG10. RR-35, Bressett 20-X, W-2130, High R.6. ...
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$18,800.00
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Description
1788 Vermont Overstrike, VG10
Ryder-35, Whitman-2130
Struck over Irish Halfpenny
1788 COPPER Vermont Copper, ET LIB INDE, Struck over Irish
Halfpenny VG10. RR-35, Bressett 20-X, W-2130, High R.6. The
RR-35 is an extremely rare variety, with an estimated population of
just 10 coins, according to Tony Carlotto. He writes that every
known example is struck over an Irish halfpenny. In the
Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American
Coins, Dave Bowers assigns the URS-5 rating, indicating that
nine to 16 pieces survive. The RR-35 was missing from the Taylor
Collection, as well as all other important Vermont collections
offered in recent times. Carlotto mentioned an example that
appeared in Hathaway and Bowers Catalogue No. 7 of September
1970.This coin has lovely olive-brown surfaces with a minor planchet defect leaving a void on the edge at 10 o'clock, relative to the obverse. An ancient scratch is noted at the center of the obverse, and the surfaces are minutely granular, but far finer than usual. Traces of the legend from the undertype appear on both sides, including parts of GEORGIVS III REX on the obverse, and RNIA from HIBERNIA on the reverse.
The RR-35 is one of the important Machin's Mills varieties, struck late in the Vermont series. The present offering will be regarded as one of the highly significant events in the annals of Vermont collecting. The Eric P. Newman Collection allows collectors the opportunity to bid on 28 of the 39 known varieties. Only one reverse die in the Vermont series, used for RR-18 and RR-35, has ET LIB left and INDE right.
Ex: Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society.
Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 2B5F, PCGS# 569, Greysheet# 242)
Auction Info
2014 May 16 - 17 Selections from the Eric P. Newman Collection IV Signature Auction - New York #1199 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
May, 2014
16th-17th
Friday-Saturday
Bids + Registered Phone Bidders: 19
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Truth Seeker: The Life of Eric P. Newman (softcover)
A powerful and intimidating dealer of the 1960s, backed by important colleagues, was accused of selling fraudulent gold coins and ingots to unsuspecting numismatists. Who would go up against a man like that and, over the course of decades, prove the fraud? Who would expose a widely respected scholar as a thief, then doggedly pursue recovery of coins that the scholar had stolen from an embarrassed numismatic organization, all over the objections of influential collectors who had bought coins with clouded titles? Eric P. Newman would - and did. Reserve your copy today.
A powerful and intimidating dealer of the 1960s, backed by important colleagues, was accused of selling fraudulent gold coins and ingots to unsuspecting numismatists. Who would go up against a man like that and, over the course of decades, prove the fraud? Who would expose a widely respected scholar as a thief, then doggedly pursue recovery of coins that the scholar had stolen from an embarrassed numismatic organization, all over the objections of influential collectors who had bought coins with clouded titles? Eric P. Newman would - and did. Reserve your copy today.
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