Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of United States and Colonial Proof Coins 1722-1989

Half Dollar. Ov. 103. (1) Paramount FPL winter '76, in set. (2) Reed Hawn: 98, $1250. (3) Ex W. L. Carson. Cf. also McCoy:454, to Levick; Winsor:522. Wayte Raymond knew only two.

Silver-Minor Sets. Paramount FPL, winter 1976, lacking the cent, $30,000.

Quarter Eagle. Only one variety; rev. of 1830 (proofs and business strikes both years). (1) SI ex Mint. (2) ANS. (3) Ex Ronnie Carr, possibly same as one to follow. (4) Randall: 975, Parmelee: 1004, Woodin: 946, "Memorable": 91; possibly later Grant Pierce: 1085, $3,000, as "unique." (5) Davis-Graves: 680. (6) Bell II :91, impaired. (7) Golden II: 1774, probably same as one of above. (8) Dr. Clifford Smith: 1502, ditto. Cf. also Stickney: 739, Earle: 2519 (hairmarked). Melish: 1118 turned out to be a fairly deceptive early business strike. One of the above (no. 3?) has lately been showing up at conventions.

Half Eagle. Breen 1, small D in 5 D., rev. of 1830 B-2. Parmelee: 1003 - H.P. Smith, not recently traced. - Breen 2, large D in 5 D. (1) SI ex Mint, dubious. (2) Reported by Wayte Raymond, not now located.

1832

Half Cent. Breen 76, Gilbert 2. Rev. of 1831 originals, described earlier. (1) SI (impaired) ex Mint. (2) Norweb. (3) This writer, bought as unc. from KS 2/60 :869, yielding a pleasant surprise on degreasing. (4) I bought a duplicate at a midwestern convention about 1959 and resold it in 1963 at $400 to finance purchase of other half-cents. I believe this is the piece that later showed up in the Leon Bookman collection. No fifth example reported.

- B-77, Gilbert 1. Rev. High leaf below E in STATES, not S. (1) Brobston. (2) NN 51: 1206. (3) Ex T. James Clarke. (4) Ex Elder (1927), Ryder, Wayte Raymond, NN 44, Showers. Possibly ex Jackman: 887. Small rim nick. (5) Private collection, about 1956. (6) Drastically cleaned, last seen in hands of Bruce Abrash - like the 1825.

- B-78, Gilbert 3. Recutting on DES; very late rusted die state, possibly made at year's end. (1) Ex B.M. Douglas. (2) The writer's example. A third rumored.

Cent. N-1. Small letters, first star far from bust, 6th star point r. of coronet point. Rev. later used (1833-5) as 1831 N-5. Flat stars. (1) Mickley: 2032, Mackenzie: 678 (1869), Keeney, S.W. Chubbuck: 1692 (1S73), "Boswell" (i.e. Richard Boswell Winsor), Winsor: 937, H. P. Smith, J. B. Wilson: 1073, J. G. MacAllister, T. James Clarke, Calif. Specialist. (2) McCoy: 714, Zanoni, Frothingham (May 29, 1883), Cleneay: 1879, unknown intermediaries, "Dupont": 707, TAD: 109, J. A. Bobbe.

Half Dime. V-1. 1 and 2 high, 12th star recut. Former Brand, New Netherlands coin.

- V-8 Wide date, final S, Nand F partly filled. (1) Eliasberg. (2) Bullowa, May 1952. (3) Reed Hawn: 569 at $525, ex Merkin 4/66:65, H. W.

- Unattributed. Wayte Raymond knew two; cf. E. M. Wharton: 1063, "Dupont": 1363.

Dime. In date 2 high, reverse not identified. Cleneay: 150S. This may have been the piece from the J. N. T. Levick sale of October 1864. Wayte Raymond knew none, and I have' not seen the piece"in the silver." Cf. Essex Institute:472 ($1500); McCoy: 572 to Leslie.

Quarter. B-1. Long arrows; die of 1831 B-5. One reported in addition to the following mistake: The Allenburger coin, reappearing in the T. James Clarke collection as a proof, NN 47: 1578, turned out to be a first strike. Cf. Mougey: 697.

- B-2. Short arrows, not ending near border. (1) Eliasberg. (2) Eric P. Newman. (3) Landau: 507, impaired. W. L. Carson had one, but I do not know which variety.

Half Dollar. Hyphenated date,-1832 (the "hyphen" short and next to base of 1). *Not in Overton. Beistle obv. 8 (Overton 112) with new reverse: In 50 c., 0 too low. Base of right leg of first A in AMERICA double cut. R I apart, defect on tail of R. Rust pits at TA and scroll. (1) Smithsonian, from Mint collection. (2) Eliasberg. (3) Harold Bareford. Either of the last two may be Parmelee: 1015 or Winsor: 523, ultimately from McCoy: 455, Levick coll.

The Newcomer-Green B. I-A (Overton 106), reappearing labeled "proof" in the T. J. Clarke collection, turned out to be a first strike and was so sold in NN 47:1273, but resold as "proof" in Lichtenfels I: 2778. Significantly, it was not called a proof in the Beistle book, though it appears to have been the piece Beistle was describing.