Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

AU-55 Charles R. Mathewson, 1955 • Copley Coin Co.,1955 Dr. William H. Sheldon. Dorothy Paschal - Gordon J. Wrubel • Kazuo Koike (Monterey Rare Coin) • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 3094 $5,060 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 30 $7,700 • Jan Valentine.

AU-55 With tiny planchet striations covering the obverse. Lester Merkin 9/1970: 22 $500 • John W. Adams. Dorothy Paschal • Myles Z. Gerson • Bertram Cohen • George E. Ewing, Jr. • Bertram Cohen • Early American Numismatics (Dana Linett) "Buy or Bid" Sale #2, 1985: 524 $4,500. State I.

AU-50 With a small planchet clip. Thomas Cleneay • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1890: 1802 $33 • Byron Reed, 1891 • City of Omaha • Spink America #8450, 10/1996: 16 $18,150 • W. M. "Jack" Wadlington.

AU-50 With some obverse planchet defects. Paul S. Seitz FPL, 11/1946 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 343 $1,100 • First Coinvestors • Pine Tree Auction Co. 2/1975: 606 $1,400 • New England Rare Coin Galleries • Paramount International Coin Corp. 7/1976: 2 $2,500 • Steve Ivy Rare Coin Co. FPL, 8/1976. Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 2/1977: 838 $1,700 • Steve Ivy Rare Coin Co .• Del Bland. George E. Ewing, Jr. • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 29 $5,060 • G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 28 $4,400 • unknown • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 5/1995: 2022 $3,960 • Larry Briggs Rare Coins. State III.

AU-50 M. A. Brown • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1897: 750 $13 • J. Colvin Randall • E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910: 5 $11.50 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 87 $16 • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 21 $65 • Charles H. Deetz • David O. Hughes • Willard C. Blaisdell • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 10 $4,750 • Bertram Cohen • George E. Ewing, Jr., 12/26/1989 • Frank H. Stillinger. State II. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Elder-Gilbert and in Chapman. Obverse and illustrated in Early American Cents.

AU-50 Charles Green (R. Green) • J. H. South. Stack's 2/1951: 329 $25 • Warren B. Snow.

AU-50 With a line-like planchet defect on the reverse. Purchased prior to 1871 by Peter Gschwend • William H. Woodin Thomas L. Elder #18, 6/1908: 529 • unknown. Superior Galleries 10/1978: 996 $1,350 • Steve Ivy Rare Coin Co. • Thomas N. Shipp, Jr. • Christie's (New York) 9/1986: 224 $2,530 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 24 $2,640 • Robert E. Matthews • Superior Galleries 51 1989: 146 $4,840 • Tom Morley, 9/29/1989 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. Obverse illustrated in Morley. EF-45 Dr. Edward Maris • Ed. Frossard Collection.

Ed. Frossard #37 10/1884:853 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 57 $3,500 • Anthony Terranova • Superior Galleries 2/1991: 662 $4,180 • Dr. Eugene Sherman. Anthony Terranova, 4/1993 • Dr. Thomas Turissini, 4/19/1997 • Walter Husak.

EF-45 Charles I. Bushnell • Lorin G. Parmelee. S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1882: 2617 $20 • Lorin G. Parmelee. Col. James W. Ellsworth, 3/1923 • Wayte Raymond. Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 12/1924 • George H. Clapp • ANS.

EF-45 With three line-like planchet defects and a planchet pit mark, all on obverse. Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 24 $150 • T. James Clarke, 1944
• B. Max Mehl, privately • R. E. Naftzger, Jr .• A Kosoff (Kosoff's Coin Bulletin#3, 11/1954 $250). Glen Wallace • A Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974: 800 $650 • Gordon J. Wrubel • Dr. C. R. Chambers • Douglas F. Bird • Gary Ruttenberg • M & G Auctions 8/1996: 73 $4,840 • Steven K. Ellsworth.

Obverse 5. Hair ends in nine locks with the top lock doubled and the longest one at the middle (sixth, counting from bottom) bent sharply down, its end very close to the fifth. Full shoulder loop. 11 are closer than other letters and RTY are slightly low.

Reverse C. Tops of both ribbons, left and right of the knot, are hollow (in later states, gone). Left ribbon begins in the field at crossing with stem, away from the knot. Pairs of leaves at D and A(M) are narrow and completely separated. Leaf at I(C) is fragmented and in the common die state with advanced bulges it may not be visible. Double leaf below (E)S and triple leaf below O(F) are widely spread and weak. Incomplete leaves below UN, ST, (N)T, and above O(N). Eight berries left and seven right with two minute stemless berries below (A)T. The top berry on the right, above (N)E, is usually weak and often not visible from die failure. Fraction bar nearly touches numerator with high final 0 in the denominator.

Die states: I. No obverse cracks, no clash marks, and no mounds. Scarce.