Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

G-5 Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. #109, 11/1951: 7 • Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #182, 7/1954: 547.

G-4 Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1937 • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 17 $200 • Christian M. Petersen, 1948 • Willard C. Blaisdell, 8/ 1977 • John D. Wright.

G-4 Dr. William H. Sheldon • Stack's 10/1938: 266 $75 • Floyd T. Starr • Stack's 6/1984: 24 $2,420 • Jack H. Robinson • Pete Smith. State 1.

G-4 Coins & Currency 12/1970: 1825 $460 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Denis W. Loring • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Richard H. Wright • Valley Plaza Coins (Richard H. Wright) FPL #1, Fall 1976: 13 $1,600 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 10/1977: 690 $700 • Richard H. Wright • Jack H. Beymer • Roger S. Cohen, Jr. • Superior Galleries 21 1992: 649 $9,900 • L. Michael Lawrence, 12/1996 • Dr. Bruce Reinoehl.

G-4 John K. Borcky • Thomas L. Elder 6/1935: 335 $20 • William Rabin.

G-4 Purchased unattributed on 5/13/1982 at the Muskegon Coin Oub auction by Larry Bolema.

G-4 David L. Palmer • Denis W. Loring • W. M. "Jack' Wadlington.

Obverse 15. L almost touches beads. Two beads are centered above I, one is above E, and two are above R. m apart and TY are slightly below R. 95 beads.

Reverse J.

Die states. 1. Without reverse bulge.

II. Faint reverse bulge slanting up to the right between NT. This gradually extends, eventually weakening CEN and the bow.

Equivalents: Crosby-Levick 10J. Frossard 11.1. Proskey 13. Doughty 14. Crosby 12-L. McGirk 3B. Sheldon 13. EAC 20. Encyclopedia 1647.

High Rarity 3.

Remarks: First described by Edward Cogan on November 1, 1858. This coin went to Joseph J. Mickley.

Probably 7,000 to 7,200, perhaps more, were struck. Two are reported with plain edge. 1) R. D. Book, American Numismatic Society. 29 millimeters. 2) Reported by Dr. William H. Sheldon. John S. Ashby Jr. illustrated one with a straight clip (from end of the strip).' See "Oops!" chapter.

The fantastically sharp Eliasberg specimen may have been struck as a prooflike presentation specimen and is the only Mint State 1793 Liberty Cap cent known. In 1890, Peter Mougey traveled from Cincinnati to Philadelphia for the sole purpose of buying this coin at the Cleneay sale.

Darwin B. Palmer, Jr.'s poll of EAC members revealed that they rated this variety the most beautiful of all 1793 varieties.

Condition Census:

MS-61 Pierre-Edouard LeGras (Paris) • Ed. Frossard • Ed. Frossard #21, 5/1882: 627 $181 • William H. Cottier • S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1885: 655 $90 • S. H. & H. Chapman • Thomas Cleneay • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1890: 1800 $200 • Peter Mougey • William H. Woodin. Thomas L. Elder #43, 9/1910: 1 $340 • Henry Chapman • Clarence S. Bement • Henry Chapman 5/1916: 291 $720 • Henry Chapman • Col. James W. Ellsworth, 3/1923 • Wayte Raymond, 1923 • William Cutler Atwater • B. Max Mehl #108, 6/1946: 14 $2,000 • Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. • Bowers and Merena 5/1996: 490 $319,000. Spectrum Numismatics. State I. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Breen's Proof Encyclopedia and Complete Encyclopedia.

AU-50 Joseph J. Mickley • W. Elliot Woodward. W. Elliot Woodward, 10th Semi-Annual Sale, 10/1867: 1933 $55 • L. Bayard Smith • Virgil M. Brand, 2/7/1941 • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Henry C. Hines • Carl Wurtzbach, 1945 • Dr. William H. Sheldon. Sheraton Coin Co. • Ernest Henderson, 1958 • Dorothy Paschal, 1959 • Dr.William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint). State 1. Obverse illustrated on the Crosby-Levick Plate, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy. Obverse and reverse illustrated in The United States Coinage of 1793 by Sylvester S. Crosby (1897), and in Noyes.

AU-50 Pierre-Edouard LeGras (Paris) • M. C. Van Peteghem (Paris), Part III, 12/1882: 834 • Ed. Frossard • Ed. Frossard #29, 6/1883:457 $107 • Ed. Frossard Collection • Ed. Frossard #37, 10/1884: 835 $119 • T. Harrison Garrett. Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 55 $36,000 • Tesoro Numismatics (William A. Asprinio, Charles O. Browne, and John P. Coppola) • Kenneth M. Goldman. State I.

EF-45 Dr. Charles Clay (England) • William H. Strobridge 12/1871: 703 $65 • George M. Parsons • Lorin G. Parmelee • New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890: 676 $85 • Ed. Frossard • Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 3 $330 • Henry Chapman • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 15 $850 • H. A. Stoddard, 1934 • B. Max Mehl Collection. Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 22 $1,500 • Dorothy Nelson • Stack's 2/1976: 9 $14,000 • unknown • Stack's 1/1997: 414 $71,500 • Anthony Terranova • Dr. Eugene Sherman.

EF-45 Frederic W. Geiss • B. Max Mehl #109, 2/1947: 10 $400.

EF-40 With a planchet defect on the bust. Henry Chapman, privately 11/1922 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State I.