Walter Breen
Probably about 15,000 were struck March 5-7.
Condition Census:
MS-60 With some very small planchet defects on obverse. Found in the old United States Hotel in Chester, Pa., when demolished some years prior to being obtained by Philip D. Hoch • Lyman H. Low 11/1905: 70 $23 • Malcolm N. Jackson • The United States Coin Co. 5/ 1913: 1235 $51 • Carl Wurtzbach, 1919 • Virgil M. Brand • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Barney Bluestone • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 9/9/ 1951 • Harold Bareford, 9/13/1985 • Herman Halpern, 12/11/1986 R. E. Naftzger, Jr.,2/23/1992. Eric Streiner • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Anthony Terranova and Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM), 4/1994 • Dr. Thomas Turissini. State 1. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.
The following note accompanied the offering of this coin in Lyman H. Low's 1905 sale:
"A statement accompanies this cent, that it was found in the old United States Hotel at Chester, Penn., when demolished some years ago. Both Washington and Jefferson were patrons of this hostelry, and on the way to their southern homes it was their custom to make a halt there, sometimes occupying a certain room jointly. It was in this particular apartment that the cent was found. Possibly George and Thomas were matching or tossing pennies, and in the excitement that followed, this one rolled away unnoticed."
MS-60 George H. Earle, Jr. • Henry Chapman 6/1912: 3378 $36 • Henry Chapman • Dr. G. F. E. Wilharm • B. Max Mehl #59, 2/1921: 1327A $44 • Robert D. Book, 5/ 1930 • George H. Clapp • ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon • unknown • Early American Coppers 4/1989: 24 $5,250.
MS-60 Discovered unattributed in a type set by Dennis E. Steinmetz (Steinmetz Coins & Currency), 10/5/ 1989 • Douglas F. Bird, 1/1995 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM), 6/1995 • G. Lee Kuntz.
MS-60 Dramatically double struck and off-center. F. C. C. Boyd • Paul Franklin, 1959 • John J. Ford, Jr., 4/10/1996 • Dr. Robert A. Schuman. illustrated at the beginning of the "Oops!" chapter.
AU-55 1. F. Montanye • H. G. Sampson 4/1881: 308 $9 • R. A. Britton • H. G. Sampson 2/1882: 771 $10.25 • Ed. Frossard Collection • Ed. Frossard #37, 10/1884: 871 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University. Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 61 $4,200 • Steve Ivy Rare Coin Co. FPL, 12/1979. O. D. "Bud" Brown (Bud's Coin and Stamp Shop) • DeIBland,6/28/1985. Dr. Allen Bennett.
• G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 35 $8,800
• Dr. Thomas Turissini, 4/19/1997 • Walter Husak.
AU-55 John P. Lyman • S. H. Chapman 11/1913: 401$33 • Henry C. Hines, 1944 • Dr. William H. Sheldon. Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 29 $162.50 R. E. Naftzger, Jr .• New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 351 $2,000 • Rare Coin Company of America • Dennis Forgue• Thomas E. Werner • Stack's 1/1987: 837 $5,280 • Anthony Terranova • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 3093 $4,620 • Larry Briggs Rare Coins.
AU-55 A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • New Netherlands Coin Co. #56, 6/1962: 478 $330 • Robert J. Kissner • Stack's 6/1975: 232 $1,050 • Julian Leidman - Norman Stack Collection, 1981 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 37 $3,080 • John M. Foreman, Sr .• Stack's 1/1993: 1086 $4,180 • Anthony Terranova, Thomas D. Reynolds, and Chris Victor-Mccawley (CVM), 4/24/ 1993 • Al Boka.
AU-55 Alto Collection • Stack's 12/1970: 539 $1,700 • unknown • Stack's 10/1990: 1592 $5,800. Martin Paul (The Rarities Group).
AU-55 With a small planchet crack through the edge. E. Gilbert - Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910: 23 $19 • Hillyer Ryder, 5/1945 • Wayte Raymond • Wayte Raymond 11/ 1945: 71 $117.50 • James A. Stack, Sr. • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 4/1979: 125 $2,000 • unknown. New England Rare Coin Auctions 6/1981: 36 $3,100 • Shoreham Enterprises, Ltd., 1982 • Bertram Cohen, 5/ 1983 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1985 • John G. Wood, 11/6/ 1985 • Frank H. Stillinger. Reverse illustrated in Elder-Gilbert.
AU-50 C. Douglas Smith • Dr. William H. Sheldon. C. Douglas Smith, 1965 • Alfred Bonard • French's, privately 5/1967 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 12/11/1986 • Herman Halpern. Stack's 3/1988: 38 $3,520 • Jeffrey Oliphant.
AU-50 Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1987: 117 $3,850 • Julian Leidman.
AU-50 Chas. Steigerwalt, 1906 • Charles G. Zug • Lyman H. Low 3/1907: 23a $23 • Howard R. Newcomb. J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 211945: 40 $150 • Charles H. Deetz • Stack's 11/1946: 1735 $167.50 • Dr. C. T. Mayfield • Stack's 1/1958: 541 $400 • Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 54 $950. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Chapman. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy. Obverse illustrated in Morley.
AU-50 Bernard Schwartz • Garry Fitzgerald.