1785 VERMONTIS

[VERMONTIS]

I've just recently joined this site and enjoy using Treasurenet.

In the spring of 2011 when the frost was finally gone, I stumbled upon a small cache of coins. There seems to have been a small cabin on this site. When it finally did pop out of the ground, I don't know who's eyes were bigger, mine, or the one on the coin.
Never really had people to share these photos with so here they are.

 

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[mamabear]

OMGosh! That is beautiful. Do you know what it says?

 

[VERMONTIS]

THanks! Front reads-Vermontis Res. Publica. Back reads-Stela Quarta Decima. This was when there were 13 colonies and vemont wanted 2become the 14th. Extreamly rare only made for about 6 months of that year

 

[lost crow]

Wow that's a goodun.

 

[VERMONTIS]

Thanks lost crow. Less than 5000 made! Odds of digging another slim to none.

 

[undertaker]

Very nice detail. Im not a coin collector but I do have one that might be simular. Could you tell me if this corroded well worn coin is a vermontis. Has the same date and simular pattern.

 

[CoilyGirl]

That is so cool!

 

[VERMONTIS]

Undertaker=The planchet or slugs were often crewed and uneven.This accounts for the lack of impressions in the coin.On mine it accounts for the missing plow.

 

[Iron Patch]

What's interesting about the Vermontis coppers is that the counterfeits (Ryder 5) are actually rarer and more valuable than the genuine (Ryder 4) coins. It's a fairly rare occurrence to dig a Colonial and hope it's counterfeit!

 

[RingMaster44]

Great find! It's really cool 😃

 

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