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ambro51
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Possibly the most prolific early American mint, cloaked in mystery then and now, this Newburgh NY operation produced some amazing coins. Under contract they legally produced Vermont Coppers, and under less known arrangements struck New Jersey and Conneticut coppers. Using their own creativity, minted large quantities of imitation British halfpence with varying degrees of artistry. The last "colonial" mint still operating after 1788 strange emissions such as the CEORCIVS Immune Columbia appeared. At one point it all worked amazingly well and beautifully engraved and skillfully struck coppers resulted. Still 'folksy' in a way, the portraits have prominent lips and detailed eyes. The dentils are triangular and weights are usually always a bit light. To my observations, die orientation is strictly coin turn. ........but in the end all the early copper mints failed. The remnants of the huge screw press ended up as ballast in the schooner Newburgh. Here's Vermont Ryder 13, struck in 1787 at the mint strangely coupling a delightful boldly engraved Regal style obverse with a very worn and increasingly failing imitation Regal halfpence reverse. Early strikes of this large mintage variety plainly show BRITANNIA on the reverse. 
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