1785 PCGS F12 Vermonts

1785 PCGS F12 Vermonts

The 1785 Vermont copper, graded PCGS F12, is a fascinating and historically rich piece of early American numismatics. Struck by the independent Republic of Vermont before it joined the United States in 1791, this coin represents one of the earliest efforts by an American entity to produce its own circulating currency. In Fine 12 condition, it offers strong detail for the grade, with visible legends and devices that connect us directly to post-Revolutionary America.

These coins were not federal issues but rather the product of a fledgling republic asserting its economic independence. The obverse often features a bust of a figure resembling a Roman-style head—originally labeled “AUCTORI VERMONTENSIUM”—while the reverse displays a seated figure of Britannia-like Liberty and the motto INDE ET LIB, meaning “Independence and Liberty.”

The year 1785 was a turbulent yet hopeful time. The Revolutionary War was over, but the U.S. was still operating under the Articles of Confederation, and states—and in Vermont’s case, would-be states—were minting their own coins to support commerce. Owning a 1785 Vermont copper in PCGS F12 is like holding a rough-hewn but authentic relic from the very edge of American nationhood—a coin struck not just in copper, but in ambition.

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