Vermont Mint, short video Plus, a look at the actual building!
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Very cool that the original mint building is still standing. I will have to check it out next time I am in the area.
It blew down some years after coining stopped and was later rebuilt a short distance away from the stream. It became a farm building, but appears “different” as the siding is probably not wholly original. The actual log framework IS “The Mint”. Tests were done some years ago, metallic compounds consistent with copper smelting were found. BTW it was always reported the old coppers were occasionally turned up in the area. Most all 1787 and 1788 Vermonts were made at Machins Mill in New York State.
I have a house up in Pawlet, only a few miles from the original mint. As you drive south from Pawlet to Rupert along route 30, look to the east and the mountains look VERY much like the mountains on Vermontensium landscape coppers.
One of my favorites in my VT collection:
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