Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Condition Census:

EF-40 Carl Wurtzbach • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/ 1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 20 $140 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/ 1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Dennis Mendelson • Thomas D. Reynolds. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Chapman and in Noyes.

EF-40 Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 46 as "S-18b" $1,100 • Dr. Robert A. Schuman • Myles Z. Gerson • Dr. Edward R. Bush • Del Bland, 2/17/1985 • Dr. Allen Bennett, 5/28/1994 • Dr. Robert A. Schuman.

EF-40 W. W. Hays, 1900 • Chas. Steigerwalt, 1906 • Charles G. Zug • Lyman H. Low 3/1907: 2 $11 • Howard R. Newcomb, 4/9/1944 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Frossard-Hays and in Morley.

VF-35 H. Rogers • S. K. Harzfeld #16, 1/1881: 203 $8.10 • unknown • Ed. Frossard #25, 11/1882: 153 $8.50 • Ed. Frossard Collection • Ed. Frossard #37, 10/1884: 851 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University, privately 3/1973 • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 6 $7,500 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #46, December 1982 $7,500 • Bowers and Merena Galleries RCR #48, June-July 1983 $7,500 • Denis W. Loring, 4/1985 • Del Bland, 5/13/1986 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 21 $8,800 • Anthony Terranova, 1/30/1989 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. Reverse illustrated in Chapman. Lots 850 through 900 in Frossard's sale of October 1884 were sold as a set for $420. The reverse of this coin was incorrectly illustrated over lot 7 of the Adams FPL.

VF-35 Sharpness of EF-45 but edge dents, nicks, and scratches. Blackburn & Blackburn, Ltd., 1978 • Jerry A. Bobbe, 6/1978 • Denis W. Loring, 5/7/1983 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 27 $14,300 • Dr. Robert J. Bye • Stack's 5/1997: 376 $22,550 • Stack's type set. State II.

VF-30 L. S. Werner, 11 /1957 • Herbert M. Oechsner • Stack's 9/1988: 36 $8,800.

VF-30 Catalogued unattributed by Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. (London) 6/1982: 362.

VF-25 Freeman Smith, 11/9/1956 John A, Schteuder, 4/1970 • Del Bland, 12/1979 • Myles Z. Gerson • Bertram Cohen • George E. Ewing, Jr. • Early American Coppers 5/1996: 95 $7,750 • Wes A. Rasmussen.

VF-25 Sharpness of VF-35 but edge dents and some fine obverse roughness. Peachtree Coin Shop, 1971 • C. F. Gordon, Jr. • Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. • Dr. Edward R. Bush • John R. "Bob" Grellman, Jr. • Gary Ruttenberg • Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. • Thomas D. Reynolds • Midwest collector.

VF-25 Sharpness of EF-40 but lightly porous, a reverse scratch, and dark olive. Purchased unattributed on 7/14/ 1973 from Philip Mancuso by Chuck Furjanic • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, 7/21/1973 • C. Douglas Smith • Del Bland • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Del Bland • Richard H. Wright • Valley Plaza Coins (Richard H. Wright) FPL #1, Fall 1976: 18 $3,750 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 10/1977: 696 $1,150 • Denis W. Loring, 4/1979 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 27 $3,190 • David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin & Stamp Co.) • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz and Denis W. Loring, 8/9/1989 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 27 $4,620 • Jack H. Beymer. State II.

VF-20 Purchased unattributed on 2/11/1987 from Marian Wittenberg (Carlsbad Coins) by Thomas D. Reynolds,3/1995 • Walter Husak.

VF-20 With very weak striking through ES OF AMERICA. Sharpness of VF-35 but fine roughness and light burnishing on obverse. Froman old estate to Charles E. Hayes Rare Coins.

VF-20 E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910: 2 $29 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 84 $14.

F-15 Sharpness of VF-30 but edge dents. J. P. Hale Jenkins • Henry Chapman 7/1922: 1473 $23 • Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 12/1924 • George H. Clapp, 3/31/1949 • Carnegie Institute.

F-15 Sharpness of VF-25 but some porosity and light scratches. Abner Kreisberg 9/1967: 376 $392 • Philip Van Cleave • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #340, 1/1986: 5023 $1,980 • Robert E. Matthews • Superior Galleries 5/1989: 144 $4,840 • John R. Frankenfield.

Obverse 3. Close straight date, too high and slanting down to the right with the 9 very dose to bust. No shoulder loop. TY are low. Vertical field chip below E. No trace of the pole behind head at the cap.

Reverse B.

Edge: 1. Point and stem of leaf after DOLLAR point down.

See Remarks.

Die states: I. No obverse bulge.

Equivalents: Not in Sheldon, later variously called NC-7 or "Sheldon 20a." EAC 4a. Encyclopedia 1654.

Rarity 8. Only one reported.

Remarks: Discovered by Robert Bashlow of New York City,in the spring of 1961, in "the Abscess" (Sheldon's term for New York City). The discovery specimen is blundered, showing both edge devices. The discovery was announced, with enlarged illustrations, in the Metropolitan Numismatic Journal? Later offered by Metropolitan Coin Company in the September 1961 issue of Numismatic Scrapbook Magazine for $350.

Condition Census:

G-4 Sharpness of VG-B but porous and dark olive. Discovered in 1961 in New York City by Robert Bashlow • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 11/19/1992 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 28 $11,550 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes. This single coin has both edge devices, with the edge device of 1794 impressed over the edge device of 1793. This is the only such occurrence presently identified.