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Copper Bust Right
| Issuer | Vermont, Republic of |
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| Year | 1787 |
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| Currency | Dollar |
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| Obverse description | Right-facing draped bust, styled in a classical manner, occupies the central field. The legend VERMON. appears to the left of the effigy and AUCTORI. to the right, together forming an abbreviated attribution to Vermont authority. The bust is rendered in a bold, slightly crude colonial die-cutting style characteristic of early American state coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | INDE ET LIB 1787 |
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Vermont was operating as an independent republic when this piece was struck, having declared sovereignty in 1777 and remaining unrecognized by the Continental Congress throughout its coinage years. The state didn't enter the Union until 1791. Ryder-7 is among the better-documented die marriages of the 1787 Vermont series, attributed in Breen's work to a specific obverse paired with a matching reverse that shows measurable die progression across known survivors.
Vermont's copper coinage was authorized through a state franchise, not a government mint — private contractors held the rights and profit motive varied considerably in execution quality.