Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Rarity 1.

Remarks: Other collectors, for clarity, have called this the "Second Marred Field."

Hays 38 was described as obverse of his 37, reverse of his 39: the equivalent of an earlier die state of the present variety before the obverse had been reworked. The original worn Hays coin was later identified as a normal specimen of the present number. This obverse die was either retrieved or preserved, resoftened, and again reworked. For its subsequent use see numbers 25-28. Either this was a deliberate experiment or the shortage of die steel of proper diameter must have been acute. No Archives records seen to date throw light on the problem.

Frossard mentioned one with an edge blunder producing ONE HUNDR DOLLAR. The ANS has one, ex Charles E. Clapp, Sr., with edge ONE HUNDRED A DOLLAR, and another, ex B. G. Johnson, with edge ONE HUNDREDR A DOLLAR. Dupont: 46 has the edge reading ONE HUN A DOLLAR. Dan Trollan reported an example in his collection with the edge lettered ONE HUNDRED A DOLLAR. (Letter to Mark Borckardt, Apri128, 1997.) An example in the John S. Ashby collection is described as 15% off-center at K-2. See "Oops!" chapter, below.

Probably struck March 14-21, over 60,000 in all.

Condition Census:

MS-61 Lester Merkin 6/1971: 546 $1,800 • Dr. James E. Dice • Stack's 3/1986: 836 $10,450 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 43 $19,800 • Anthony Terranova • R. E.Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992. Eric Streiner, 4/1992 • Denis F. Loring. State II. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-61 E. W. Ropes • New York Coin & Stamp Co. 12/ 1893: 259 $20.75 as ''M. No. 49; H. No. 40" • Hillyer Ryder, 5/1945. Wayte Raymond. New Netherlands Coin Co. #41, 9/1953: 240 $165 • Dorothy Paschal • John W. Adams • John G. Wood. Anthony Terranova, 1992 • Dr. Eugene Sherman • Superior Stamp &: Coin, 9/1997: 37 $30,800.

MS-61 From England to Stack's, 8/1957 • C. Douglas Smith • A. Kosoff, 8/14/1957 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/ 1992. Eric Streiner Jay Parrino (The Mint) • John E E. Carroll.

MS-60 Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. • Bowers and Merena 5/1996: 493 $14,300 • Robert Kaufmann. State I.

MS-60 C. A. Watters • Glendining & Co., Ltd. (London) 6/1917: 273 • George C. Carlton • Thomas L. Elder 12/1917: 702 $112 • unknown • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #19, January 1974 $3,500 • Del Bland • Gordon J. Wrubel • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Ed Hipps (Ed's Coin & Stamp Shop) • Bruce Stowe, 3/20/1997. Thomas D. Reynolds, 4/18/1997 • Walter Husak.

MS-60 Henry C. Hines - Carl Wurtzbach, 1949 - Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 354 $2,100 • Del Bland, 5/13/1986 Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 44 $9,350 Jack H. Beymer • Loren Barnett • Anthony Terranova • Tom Morley • Superior Galleries 5/1992: 181 $18,700 • Thomas D. Reynolds. State II. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy.

MS-60 Philip H. Ward, Jr. • Stack's 4/1964: 799 $1,300 • Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 57 $1,350 • Jerry A. Bobbe • Rare Coin Company of America • Bruce Todd • Rare Coin Company of America • Allen Harriman • Auction '83 (Superior Stamp & Coin Co.): 1522 $13,750 • Allen Harriman • Gary Ruttenberg • Dr. Allen Bennett, 1/20/1998. Walter Husak.

MS-60 Henry Gibson • Stack's 11/1974: 17 $3,250.

MS-60 Elmer S. Sears, 10/1922 • George H. Clapp. • ANS • (no longer in ANS collection).

AU-55 William J. Jenks • W. Elliot Woodward #58, 6/ 1883: 471 $11 • T. Harrison Garrett. Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University. Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 63 $5,200 • Stanley J. Richmid • Dana Linett (Early American Numismatics) • George E. Ewing, Jr. • Eric Streiner • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Jack H. Beymer • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) FPL #41, 9/1993 $17,500 • Dr. Thomas Turissini. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Chapman.

AU-55 Thomas Warner • S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1884: 2999 $24 • George W. Cogan • Richard B. Winsor. S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1895: 834 $15 • Col. James W. Ellsworth, 3/1923 • Wayte Raymond • Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 12/1924 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State W.

AU-55 Empire Coin Co., 1964 • Gene Reale. Sotheby's (New York) #7083, 1/1998: 20 $11,000.

AU-55 From an old Texas collection • L. R. Davis McKinney, Jr. • House of Davis McKinney #19, 1/1963: 139 • L. R. Davis McKinney, Jr. • House of Davis McKinney #22, 1/1964: 220 • Eugene Exman.

AU-55 Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd. 12/1988: 329 $4,950 • Thomas Caldwell (Northeast Numismatics) • Auction '89 (David W. Akers): 1005 $4,400 • Denis W. Loring, 8/1989 • John B. MacDonald • Robert C. Clark.

AU-55 J. Schulman (Amsterdam) 5/1925: 10 • unknown • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Quality Sales Corp. 11/1972: 83 $1,600.

AU-55 Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 45 $100 • "D. I."