1786 Vermont Copper, NGC VF30 Popular 'Baby Head' Variety, RR-9

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1786 Vermont Copper, NGC VF30  Popular 'Baby Head' Variety, RR-9
""SEE PHOTOS"" This Elegant Vermont Copper RR-9 1786 Baby Head NGC VF30 Cert# 1576854-003 is the exact item being offered in this deal.
Q. David Bowers description:
Obverse: Infantile portrait.  This is the only variety with AUCTORI at left and VERMON to the right, conforming to the legislation.  The portrait is original, with no counterpart in Vermont, British, or other copper coinage of the era.
Reverse: INDE: (group of dots) ET: LIB:  Prominent cloth or sash from seated figure's shoulder near branch hand.  Four wheat sheaves are on the shield, reflective of Vermont agriculture; this is the only die with this feature.  The sheaves range from missing to lightly struck on examples seen.
From The Julian Kaufman Collection.
1786 COPPER Vermont Copper, Baby Head VF30 NGC. RR-9, Bressett 7-F, W-2040, R.3. Die alignment: 120°. A well-struck example of this distinctive variety, with only occasional peripheral weakness. Nearly all Baby Head coppers are encountered on rough planchets. This piece has only a couple of planchet flaws, neither of them on the obverse figure's face. The coin has somewhat granular surfaces, with a medium brown patina.
Ref  NGC  11-19 Pop 5 In VF BN   4 Finer   Total All Grades NGC 17
NGC Price Guide: Not Available
Ref PCGS 11-19 Pop 1 in VF30     5 Finer   Total All Grades PCGS 20
PCGS
Price Guide: ,000.
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Ron Guth:
The 1786 Vermont "Baby Head" is so-named because of the infantile bust on the obverse of the coin. The head is rounded, the wreath atop the head looks like a cowlick, and the ribbon that ties the wreath is set so low that it appears as if it is tying up the baby's bib instead. While the coin may have a juvenile look, this is one of the more sophisticated varieties of the Vermont series. This was the ninth of the varieties identified by Hillyer Ryder (known as Ryder 9 today) and it is the only combination of the obverse and reverse dies. The ultimate Ryder 9 is one with a defect-free, glossy tan planchet that also exhibits a full strike (as expressed in the symbols that appear on the shield on the reverse). The best example known is the one in the Bennington Museum in Vermont. Years ago, that coin was stolen from the museum but has since been recovered.