Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

EF-40 David Proskey, circa 1912 • Virgil M. Brand. Carl Wurtzbach, 1936 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 13 $8,800 • Jeffrey Oliphant. State I.

EF-40 With blunt striking on upper hair. L. F. Montanye • H. G. Sampson 4/1881: 304 $27 • Lorin G. Parmelee. New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890: 672 $52 • "Ray" Q unknown • C. David Pierce • Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. FPL, 1945: 10 $800 • Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. #39, 11/1946: 1695 $862.50 • Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #166, 10/1953: 259 $1,375 • Hollinbeck Coin Co. • 1954 ANA (Federal Coin Exchange): 3960 $750.

EF-40 Dr. G. F. E. Wilharm • B. Max Mehl #59, 2/ 1921: 1315 $24.25 • Henry C. Hines.

EF-40 George H. Hall • Stack's 5/1945: 175 $400 • "Harold."

VF-35 Dr. George P. French, privately • unknown • Sheraton Coin Co. • 1947 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #40): 774 $115 • Harold E. Whiteneck (Sheraton Coin Co.), 2/ 1948 • Adm. Worthington S. Bitler, 8/1960 • A. Kosoff • Dr. Hiram T. Ward • Chuck Furjanic.

VF-35 Sharpness of AU-50 but lightly burnished. George F. Seavey • William H. Strobridge, 1873: 211 • Lorin G. Parmelee • William H. Strobridge 6/1873: 129 $9.50 • John W. Haseltine • Dr. Augustine Shurtleff, 2/27/1901 • Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) • 1976 ANA (Stack's): 224 $3,250 • Ed Hipps (Ed's Coin & Stamp Shop). Obverse illustrated on the Crosby-Levick plate.

Obverse 9. Tall 7. All three leaves arise from a nearly horizontal, slightly curved twig, extending across the tops of 7 and 9 to near the comer of the 3. Three lowest locks nearly touch the border. L is low and the forelock is below a.

Reverse D.

Die states: The reverse bulge weakens, then obliterates ONE and part of EN, and later most of c and T. The rim break is present, but may not show on the more worn examples because the beads blur into the rim.

Equivalents: Crosby 9-1. McGirk 2H. Sheldon NC-4. EAC 11. Encyclopedia 1642.

High Rarity 7. Only four are traced.

Remarks: Discovered by Edouard Frossard in 1897. Probably only a few dozen were struck on April 13, 1793.

VG-8 Sharpness of VF-20 but corroded. Col. Harvey D. Davidson • 1955 ANA (Bebee's): 1518 $775 • Richard Picker • Dorothy Paschal, $900 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • donated to Yale University in 1993. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

VG-7 Sharpness of VF-20 but surfaces very rough. Discovered in 1950 by Dr. Charles L. Ruby, 12/1972 • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. • Superior Galleries 2/1974: 327 $6,500 • Gus Portman • Superior Galleries 2/1976: 337 $3,500 • Superior Stamp & Coin Co., privately 4/1977 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 12 $5,060 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 11 $9,900 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. Dr. Ruby discovered this coin in 1950.(The discovery was announced in The Numismatist, 9/1951, p. 992 as part of the report of The Los Angeles Coin Club 270th meeting. "The most unusual coin displayed was a 1793 type 9-1 cent in condition 12. According to Chas. 1. Ruby there are just three specimens known of this rarest U.S. Cent." Dorothy Paschal once offered. to trade to Dr. Ruby a house in Brooklyn for the coin.)

G-5 E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #7,10/1906: 339 $25 • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • B. G. Johnson (Sf. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 11 $790. Floyd T. Starr. Stack's 6/1984: 17 $5,225 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 11 $11,000 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.

G-4 Frank L. Bowman • Ed. Frossard #145, 4/1897: 375 $4.10 • Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/7/1909 • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 3/24/1942 $100 • George H. Clapp • ANS. The discovery coin.

No other examples have been reported.