Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

VF-25 Sharpness of VF-35 but lightly porous. Charles E.Clapp, Sr., 12/1924, $25 • George H. Clapp. ANS. State III.

VF-25 Joseph C. Mitchelson, 1913 • Connecticut State Library.

VF-25 B. Max Mehl #112, 4/1949: 2299 $147.50 • unknown • Federal Coin Exchange, privately 12/25/1952 • Mrs. R. Henry Norweb • Bowers and Merena 11/1988: 2694 $5,060 • John R. Frankenfield. State III.

VF-25 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 13 $70 • F. C. C. Boyd, 1957 • New Netherlands Coin Co. • New Netherlands Coin Co. #50, 121 1957: 900 $300 • Corrado Romano (Worthy Coin Co.). State III.

VF-25 Spink & Sons, Ltd. (London) #38, 10/1984: 1060 £2,467.50.

VF-20 Sharpness of VF-30 but some reverse tooling. Loye L. Lauder • William Doyle Galleries 12/1983: 332 $2,000 • Michael Hodder (Spink & Son USA) • Thomas Surina • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #339, 8/1985: 128 $1,815.

VF-20 F. Dabney Caldwell, Jr. • Stack's 4/1988: 2084 $2,530 • Jim McGuigan • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz Jim McGuigan • Richard S. Shimkus • Jim McGuigan. Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, 1/27/1997 • Michael "Mickey" Arconti.

VF-20 With a line-like planchet defect on the obverse. Stack's 10/1966: 43 $510 • unknown. New England Rare Coin Auctions 10/1981: 44 $1,600 • Adrian Ross. Stack's 6/1990: 1180 $4,620 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr .• Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 14 $3,080 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) • Walter Husak. State II.

VF-20 Carl Wurtzbach • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 11/ 1948 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal.

VF-20 Sharpness of VF-30 but edge dents. Melvin Danner • James Kelly (World Numismatiques) 4/1959: 1423 $150.

Obverse 11.

Reverse 1.

Edge: ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR with single leaf cluster after DOLLAR. (Illustrated at the Wreath cent introduction.)

Die states: 1. As variety 16a.

II. As variety 16b.

III. As variety 16b.

IV. As variety 16b.

Equivalents: Crosby-Levick 9H. Frossard 9. Proskey 12. Doughty 12. Crosby 11-J. McGirk 2K2. Sheldon 11c. EAC 16c. Encyclopedia 1646.

Rarity 3.

Remarks: As with variety 16b, many are found on planchets showing lamination defects.

Probably comprised 6,500 to 7,000 of the 11,825 delivered July 6, from Watson & Greenleaf copper. Reason for the change in the edge lettering is unknown.

Usually 26 millimeters, though Sheldon-mentions one at 25 millimeters and another at 29.5 millimeters. I have never seen either; the latter would be broader than many Liberty Caps, with plenty of blank margin between the beaded border and rim. Any at 25 millimeters must have been made with the 16/16" blank cutter used in 1795 for half eagles.

Several have been seen with a plain edge. Dr. Dane B. Nielsen discovered one such, which he graded VF.3 See "Oops!" chapter.

Condition Census:

MS-60 Dr. Charles Clay (England) • William H. Strobridge 12/1871: 701 $67.50 • James E. Root • Edward Cogan 12/1878: 231 $42. Lorin G. Parmelee. New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890: 673 $80 • S. H. & H. Chapman • John G. Mills • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1904: 1232 $130 • Carl Wurtzbach • Virgil M. Brand • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately • Harold Bareford • Stack's 9/1978: 502 $16,000 • J. M. "Jack" Stone.

AU-55 Sylvester S. Crosby • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/ 1941 • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Sheraton Coin Co., 1945 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal, 1958 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/ 1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. State II.

AU-55 With a long line-like planchet lamination on obverse. A private collection • Thomas L. Elder 4/1920: 1353 $220 • unknown • Wayte Raymond, 1/1925 • George H. Clapp. ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon • T. James Clarke. John H. Payne, 1959 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Donald G. Partrick. Stack's 5/1975: 557 $7,500 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/ 23/1992 • Eric Streiner. State I. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.