Lot 33
1788 Vermont Ryder-30 Rarity-6-. VG-8. Variety with a backwards C in AUCTORI. Sharpness VF25 but there is a deep, strong cut passing down the upper two-thirds of the obverse. This may have been a pre-striking mark in the planchet as there is no corresponding mark on the reverse, neither a similar cut nor a flattened area. Otherwise there are no notable marks. The planchet is covered with very fine roughness that's mostly hidden under a rather glossy dark chocolate brown patina. The obverse is slightly misaligned to K-3 leaving much of AUCTORI off the planchet (which is too small for the dies, as always seen on this variety). There is no trace of the date as well. In spite of its obvious flaws, this is a relatively decent example of the variety, one of the rarest in the Vermont series. Weight 121.7 grains.
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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