Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Condition Census:

EF-45 Richard B. Winsor • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1895: 824 $74 • Chas. Steigerwalt • Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/ 7/1909 • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 1951 • C. Douglas Smith • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately. Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 6/3/1992 • Thomas D. Reynolds. State II. Obverse illustrated in The United States Coinage of 1793 by Sylvester S. Crosby (1897). Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes. Dr. Sheldon was quite upset when he learned that New Netherlands sold this coin to Smith. Smith later returned the coin to New Netherlands so it could be sold to Sheldon.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-40 but burnished. Found in a lot of large cents belonging to his father by James G. Macallister. Henry Chapman, 6/1925 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State III. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy.

F-15 Sharpness of VF-25 but pitted on right half of obverse. David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Carl Wurtzbach,1945 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal, 1977 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 8 $4,840 • Anthony Terranova • Herman Halpern. Stack's 3/1988:8 $5,500 • James Neiswinter. State III.

F-15 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. 1458,2/1945: 7 $305 • Floyd T. Starr • Stack's 6/1984: 10 $9,900 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 8 $16,500 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, 11/1989 • Jeffrey Oliphant. State IV.

F-15 With line-like planchet defects on obverse. J. & R. Coin Dealers #12, 5/1948: 1 • Christian M. Petersen • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #204, 5/1956: 6 $820 • Herbert M. Oechsner • Stack's 9/1988: 33 $6,875 • John R. Franken-field. State II.

F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but rough. Christian M. Petersen • Hollinbeck Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #174, 2/1954: 389 • Dr. Charles L. Ruby, 12/1972 • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. • Superior Galleries 2/1974: 323 $7,300 • Gus Portman • Superior Galleries 2/1976: 338 $2,850 • Superior Stamp & Coin Co., privately • Regal Coin Exchange • Jack H. Beymer, 9/24/1990 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. State I. This is the famous /I double dot" specimen mentioned at Die States and Remarks.

F-12 Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 11 $300 • Dr. Charles L. Ruby, 12/1972 • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. • Superior Galleries 2/1974: 322 $1,100 • John D. Wright. State III.

F-12 Sharpness of VF-20 but a trifle rough. Mayflower Coin Auctions 11/1956: 1 $400 • Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 37 $800 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 328 $950 • Chuck Furjanic • Philip Van Cleave • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions 4 #340, 1/1986: 5007 $2,860 • Robinson, Victor-McCawley (RVM) • Andrew M. Hain • Vintage Auctions 2/1989: 146 $4,600. State II.

F-12 Thos. P. Warfield • Associated Coin Auction Co. 10/1955: 147 $180.

VG-8 With planchet striations covering the obverse. H. O. Granberg. William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 69 $38 • Carl Wurtzbach. Virgil M. Brand • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Christian M. Petersen, 10/1948 • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1621 $160 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • unknown • Abner Kreisberg 6/1963: 150 $1,100 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 8/1971 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1974 • Dr. Robert]. Shalowitz s Jack H, Beymer.

VG-8 C. Douglas Smith • Bradbury K. Thurlow • Mayflower Coin Auctions 12/1967: 89 $325 • Dean Oakes • McLaughlin & Robinson #4084, 1/1986: 266 $4,025 • Pete Smith.

VG-7 Dr. William H. Sheldon • Stack's 10/1938: 256 $76. Floyd T. Starr • Stack's 6/1984: 11 $4,950 • G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 7 $5,500 • Wes A. Rasmussen. State IV.

VG-7 Dr. Eugene L. Vickery • 1972 ANA (Paramount International Coin Corp.): 807 $475 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 8 $5,500 • Steven K. Ellsworth. State III.

Obverse 8. Tall 7. Left leaf of the sprig is at right angles to the narrow space between the other two leaves. Stem end is thick, as though retaining a fragment of the twig it came from. The border beads have a flaw at about 2:30, opposite the nose and mouth. Border is narrower at the upper right.

Reverse C.

Die states: Sheldon says that the "short break" through TE(D) is more advanced than on the previous varieties with this reverse. Examination of the ANS coin fails to confirm this.

Equivalents: Crosby 10-F. McGirk 21. Sheldon NC-5. EAC 9. Encyclopedia 1639.

Rarity 8. Only one reported.

Remarks: Discovered by Edouard Frossard in 1881. The description in his December 8, 1881 sale catalogue, lot 405 provides further details:
1793 Wreath Cent. Stem of sprig rises between the 7 and 9 of date, the leaves slender and spreading. Rev. The same Levick and Crosby, nor by Frossard. Unique. A splendid impression, proofsurface. (Monog Obversa No.8 combined with reverse of No.4.)

The other specimen reported turned out to be a dealer's mis-attribution. (Pete Smith, "A Lot of Little Things," Penny-Wise, no. 103, 7/15/1984, p. 243.)

Probably only a few dozen were struck between April 10 and 13.

Condition Census:

EF-45 Pierre-Edouard LeGras (Paris) • Ed. Frossard • Ed. Frossard #17, 12/1881: 405 $136 • H. G. Sampson. Lorin G. Parmelee, privately 1/1896 • Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/7/1909 • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 3/24/1942 $600 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Crosby (1897). Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

No other examples have been reported.