{"id":427,"date":"2000-06-01T06:19:50","date_gmt":"2000-06-01T10:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mapsurfer.com\/blog\/?p=427"},"modified":"2022-11-01T14:05:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T18:05:34","slug":"1787-vermot-copper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/427","title":{"rendered":"#33 &#8211; 1787 Vermont Copper"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/060809.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-428\" title=\"060809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/060809.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/060809.jpg 345w, https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/060809-281x300.jpg 281w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, its abused, but at least you can identify it. This was the first identifiable colonial copper I had found at the time, and is one of 17 coppers I had found in a rather small area, where there is no historical evidence (that I&#8217;m aware of), of a settlement, so this will be a cool research project for another day. And, who knew there was a &#8220;Republic of Vermont&#8221; back in the 1700s?&nbsp; I certainly didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>At the time I&#8217;d found this, this was the oldest identifiable coin I had ever found, and it was quite a thrill. I was a newbie then, and it was high on the list, now I realise that the MD snobs are not interested in abused coppers, I still think it is cool, and I understand only about 5000 or so were minted.&nbsp; Will always be a special find for me.<\/p>\n<p><em>Found: 08-Jun-2009; Location: field; Machine: DFX<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, its abused, but at least you can identify it. This was the first identifiable colonial copper I had found at the time, and is one of 17 coppers I had found in a rather small area, where there is &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/archives\/427\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3208,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions\/3208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puzzlemaze.org\/df\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}