Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 3.

Reverse B.

Edge: II. Point and stem of leaf after DOLLAR point up. See illustration on page 95.

Die states: II. Bulge from the rim to upper chin. Rust develops in the left wreath.

Equivalents: Maris 1, "'93 Head." Frossard 1. Doughty 18. Hays 1. McGirk 8A. Ross 1-A. Chapman 1. Sheldon 20. EAC 4b. Encyclopedia 1655.

Rarity 4.

Remarks: The planchets are cruder than the prooflike Taylor & Bailey blanks used for 2b and are often dark, similar to number 1a. Discovered by Dr. Edward Maris before 1869.

Condition Census:

AU-50 Purchased on 7/27/1892 from F. W. Lincoln (W.S. Lincoln & Son, London) by Benjamin H. Collins, 2/3/1896 • Charles H. Deetz, 4/1926 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State II. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents, in Penny Whimsy, and in Noyes. Obverse illustrated in Morley. George H. Clapp paid $600 for this coin in 1926, and called it "the most valuable thing I own."

VF-35 Ed. Frossard, l/1892 • Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/7/1909 • Virgil M. Brand • New Netherlands Coin Co. #34, 10/1951: 574 $67.50 • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 7/28/1993 • Dr. Robert A. Schuman. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Frossard-Hays. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

VF-30 S. H. Chapman • Dr. ChristianA. Allenburger • B. Max Mehl #111, 3/1948: 333 $70 • R. E Naftzger, Jr., 1/1971 • Dorothy Paschal, 8/14/1972 • Eugene Exman.

VF-25 George Morris • Chas. Steigerwalt 6/1891: 897 $3 • Chas. Steigerwalt FPL, 1891 • W. B. Guy • Henry Chapman 11/1911: 351 $42.50 • Dr. George P. French • Henry C. Miller • Thomas L. Elder 4/1917: 653 $65 • S. H. Chapman • J. P. Hale Jenkins • Henry Chapman 7/1922: 1472 $95 • S. H. Chapman • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: Addenda A $180 • Henry Chapman • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 19 $125 • T. James Oarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl, 1944 • Dr. William H. Sheldon. C. Douglas Smith, 1965 • Alfred Bonard • Numismatic Enterprises 2/1968: 23 $2,200 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 3/7/1973 • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 7 $10,000 Denis W. Loring, 5/7 /1983. Jack H. Robinson • Dr. Allen Bennett, 1/20/1998 • Walter Husak. Obverse Illustrated in Chapman.

VF-25 E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910: 1 $35.50 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 83$40 • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 18 $35 • James Kelly FPL #21, 1945 $50 • Homer K. Downing. 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1632 $150 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Eugene Exman, 8/14/1972 • Dorothy Paschal, 3/1977 • Del Bland • Dr. Edward R. Bush, 1977 • Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. • Wes A. Rasmussen. Obverse illustrated in Elder-Gilbert and in Morley.

VF-25 Robert D. Book, 5/1930 • George H. Clapp, 3/ 31/1949 • Carnegie Institute.

VF-25 Discovered in England by Stephen C. Fenton (Knightsbridge Coins, London).

VF-20 With light planchet roughness on reverse. John P. Young. Barney Bluestone #887/1945: 650 $26 • Dr. KennethJ. Sartoris, 5/1972 • Del Bland • John W. Adams • Del Bland. Dr. RobertA. Schuman • Myles Z. Gerson • Dr. Edward R. Bush • Del Bland, 3/25/1984 • George E. Ewing, Jr, • Daniel Trollan, 3/1997 • Walter Husak, 2/12/1998 • Larry A. Bland.

F-15 Discovered in England by Stephen C. Fenton (Knightsbridge Coins, London), 1986 • Douglas F. Bird • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.

F-15 George J. Bauer #15, 5/1945: 138.

F-15 George H. Clapp • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #388, 3/1938: 386 $31 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal.

F-12 Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal • C. Douglas Smith • Robert J. Kissner • Stack's 6/1975: 220 $575 • ''THA.'' Obverse illustrated in Morley.

F-12 With an incomplete planchet on the upper obverse edge. Sharpness of VF-25 but finely tooled in the hair and slightly rough. John W. Haseltine Collection • John W. Haseltine 3/1881: 721 $2.85. consignor with initial "M" • S. H. Chapman • S. H. Chapman 6/1913: 404 $7 • Dr. Robert M. Scott • Y. P. Rosemont • Thomas L. Elder 5/1924: 1802 $19.25 • unknown • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 11/1948 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 8 $1,000 • unknown • Bowers and Merena 9/1988: 3207 $1,430 • unknown • Bowers and Merena 3/1989: 5201 $3,410 • Paul Langseth, 4/24/ 1994 • Dr. Allen Bennett.