Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 8. Border is narrower at the upper right as on the preceding, and with the same flaw at 2:30.

Reverse D. Right stem and ribbon are much longer than the left. The left ribbon end and stem are crowded between u and the fraction bar. The denominator is spaced 1 00. Legend is far from the beads with a period after the final A. Only one outer trefoil is located on each branch, respectively opposite E(D) and R, and higher than the trefoils at C and T.

Die states.
I. Very narrow rim break outside the beading above UNITE, touching beads above NI. On some coins, wear or centering will not permit this to show. Central reverse bulge gradually develops.
II. Obverse beading entirely gone at the flaw at 2:30.
I have seen none with the "injury involving the beading above s or' mentioned by Sheldon.

Equivalents: Crosby-Levick 8G. Frossard 8. Proskey 9.Doughty 9. Crosby 10-1. McGirk 2J. Sheldon 10. EAC 10. Encyclopedia 1640.

Rarity 4.

Remarks: Discovered by George F. Seavey before 1869.

Probably struck April 13 encompassing about half of the 6,112 delivered that date. This reverse has affinities with reverse A of the 1793 half cents, suggesting that it may have been made near the latter in time.

An example is known (from the Milton Cohen Collection, lot 4) off-center at K-2. See "Oops!" Chapter.

Condition Census:

MS-63 Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 2 $500 • Henry Chapman • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 9 $750 • Henry A. Sternberg • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #305, 4/1933: 7 $325 • B. Max Mehl, privately 4/1933 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State I. Obverse and reverse illustrated in The United States Coinage of 1793 by Sylvester S. Crosby (1897). Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy. Reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-61 With blunt striking on upper hair and in the area of the ribbons and bow and with planchet drift marks on the lower reverse. Virgil M. Brand • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately, 5/5/1952 • Harold Bareford • Stack's 9/1978: 501 $13,500 • unknown • Auction '83 (Stack's): 527 $28,600 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 11 $26,400 • E. Richard • Stack's 10/1989: 655 $49,500 • unknown • Auction '90 (Rare Coin Company of America): 506 $41,800 • Andrew P. Lustig • Superior Galleries 2/1991: 655 $34,100 • Silvano DiGenova (Tangible Investments of America). State I.

MS-60 Sylvester S. Crosby • Lorin G. Parmelee, privately 2/6/1892. Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/7/1909. Virgil M. Brand. Carl Wurtzbach • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 3/24/1943 • A. Kosoff • Oscar J. Pearl • Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 9 $1,600 • Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 12 $1,250 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint). State I. Reverse illustrated on the Crosby-Levick Plate. Obverse and reverse illustrated in the 1914 ANS Exhibition Catalogue and in Noyes.

MS-60 With some blunt striking in the area of the forelock and ribbons. Richard B. Winsor • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1895: 819 $61 • S. H. & H. Chapman • John G. Mills. S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1904: 1230 $100 • Carl Wurtzbach • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 2/3/1944 $500 • Dr. J. Hewitt Judd • A. Kosoff ("An Illustrated History of United States Coins"), 1962: 17 not priced • Richard Picker. Dr. James McCleery • Kevin Lipton Rare Coins • Anthony Terranova • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint) • Bowers and Merena 8/1996: 13 $25,300 • Stuart A. Levine, 8/15/1996 • Thomas D. Reynolds. State I.

AU-55 From a type set • Abner Kreisberg and Hans M.F. Schulman 5/1966: 839 $4,000 • "J. A. S." • Lelan G. Rogers • Jonathan K. Kern • Mark Chrans (Lexington Rare Coin Investment) • Anthony Terranova, 4/1991 • N. E. Naftzger, Jr. State I.

AU-50 Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. #109, 11/1951: 1018 • Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #174, 2/1954: 392 • Hollinbeck Coin Co. • Leo A. Young 2/1959: 1295 $1,500 • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. • 1961 ANA (World Numismatiques, James Kelly): 1403 $2,550 • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. #250 Part 1, 6/1963: 339 $3,900 • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. #295, 11/1971: 1222 $4,250 • Stack's, privately • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1987: 105 $9,900 • unknown • Stack's FPL, Fall 1991: 85 $17,500. State I.

EF-45 Geo. W. Rice • St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co. #16, 4/1906: 940 $27 • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • Burdette G. Johnson (formerly St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Hans M. F. Schulman 4/1951: 1101 $195 • Homer K. Downing 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1624 $350 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 331 $3,750 • Julian Leidman • Rick Howard • David Berg. New England Rare Coin Galleries • Pine Tree Auction Co. 2/1975: 596 $5,000 • New England Rare Coin Galleries. Superior Galleries 2/1977: 985 $5,250. State II.