Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

AU-55 From Europe • Henry Chapman, 12/14/1920 • J. P. Hale Jenkins • Henry Chapman 7/1922: 1517 $50 • Henry Chapman • Col. E. H. R. Green • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 3/24/1943 $75 • A. Kosoff  • Oscar J. Pearl • Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 43 $250 • Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 30 $287.50 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 352 $1,900 • Dr. William N. Michal • Keith Wolfe • Thomas D. Reynolds, 1/1997 • Walter Husak. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents.

AU-55 National Museum of Sweden, early 1960s • unknown. Robert W. Hallam, 1/1991 • Tom Morley • Superior Galleries 5/1992: 178 $16,500 • Anthony Terranova • Thomas D. Reynolds.

AU-50 E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910: 24 $57 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 106 $30 • unknown • Joseph Kuehnert • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #32, 1979 $6,500 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 39 $6,050 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Early American Coppers 4/1989: 25 $7,000 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. State I. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Elder-Gilbert.

AU-50 From an old Philadelphia family in 1914 to Capt. John W. Haseltine • S. H. Chapman • Carl Wurtzbach • Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 5 $95 • Henry Chapman • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/ 1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 47 $125 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 41 1956: 18 $275 • Dorothy Nelson • Stack's 2/1976: 12 $1,900 • James Skalbe • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 22 $3,500 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #46, December 1982 $3,500 • unknown • Bowers and Merena 6/1989: 9 $5,940 • Dr. Robert J. Bye.

AU-50 George W. "Hank" Rodgers, 5/1979 • Gordon J.Wrubel • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Ed Hipps (Ed's Coin & Stamp Shop).

AU-50 From an old Texas collection - L. R. Davis McKinney, Jr. • House of Davis McKinney #22, 1/1964: 221 • Eugene Exman.

EF-45 Sharpness of AU-55 but small repair below lowest curl: Ray Chatham • Gordon J. Wrubel • Chuck Furjanic • Tennessee Exchange Coin Co. • Dan Gibson, 1/1980. Del Bland• Myles Z. Gerson • Del Bland • Donald H. Petersen • Superior Galleries 2/1992: 672 $2,530 • John R. Frankenfield.

EF-45 Ed. Frossard, 1/1892 • Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/7/ 1909 • Virgil M. Brand • New Netherlands Coin Co. #34, 10/1951: 594 $39 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal, 3/1973 • C. Douglas Smith, 11/1973. Del Bland • Dr. Robert A. Schuman. Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz.

EF-45 Glen Wallace • A. Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974: 805 $425 • Gordon J. Wrubel • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Dr. Edward R. Bush • Myles Z. Gerson. unknown • Heritage Numismatic Auctions #5, 11/1989: 486 $3,190 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).

EF-45 Henry Chapman, via Miss Ella Wright, 1/16/ 1937. Judge Thomas L. Gaskill •New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal.

EF-40 Virgil M. Brand • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately • Dr. William H. Sheldon • C. Douglas Smith • Ellen Enzler • Numismatic and Antiquarian Service Corporation of America 12/1978: 2591 $1,800 • Ellen Enzler • Joseph Lepczyk #58, 7/1984: 58 $210 • Dr. Allen Bennett • Wes A. Rasmussen.

EF-40 Ronald J. Gillio • Del Bland • Jack H. Beymer • Willard C. Blaisdell • Del Bland • George E. Ewing Jr. • John S. Ashby, Jr. (Ashby's Best Coppers).

EF-40 Robert Coulton Davis • New York Coin & Stamp Co. 1/1890: 2525 $21 • Chas. Steigerwalt • unknown • Dr. William H. Sheldon • ANS.

EF-40 W. W. Hays, 1900 • Chas. Steigerwalt • unknown • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1666 $42.50 • Hugh O. Griffin.

Obverse 10. Plain chip in the field, almost vertical, left of two curl points with another, thinner chip left of it, near the border. Lowest lock is heavy and doubled. Plain shoulder loop. LIBERTY and date are more closely spaced than on previous dies. Always with clash marks.

Reverse F. "Tailed" reverse, now always with the crack through R.

Die states: 1. Single heavy clash mark below and right of the cap, the latter from a long-stemmed berry; reverse clash mark from the truncation and cap, the former below S0; weaker and with extensive light rust.

II. Extra clash marks below LIBERTY and right of the face. Double reverse clash marks from the cap at lTED and the wreath, from hair in the left wreath, and from the top of head above the fraction.