Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Equivalents: Maris 16, "(Second) Separated Date."

Frossard 10.2. Doughty 36. Hays 22. McGirk 7C. Ross 14-0. Chapman 17. Sheldon 25. EAC 10. Encyclopedia 1658.

High Rarity 3.

Remarks: This variety may exist with more severe clash marks (to explain why this obverse was drastically reground to make variety 16), and possibly with more extensive reverse breakage at the left and upper left, a consequence of axial misalignment.

Probably formed a small fraction of the 24,000 delivered March 26.

Condition Census:

MS-60 A private collection • Thomas L. Elder 4/1920: 1498 $95 • G. Kraft • Virgil M. Brand • Carl Wurtzbach, 1925 • Henry C. Hines, 1944 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972• R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Anthony Terranova, 4/1994 • Dr. Thomas Turissini. State III. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

AU-55 Henry C. Miller • Thomas L. Elder 4/1917: 674 $105 • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 39 $200 • Charles H. Deetz. Stack's 11/ 1946: 1734 $180 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill. New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956. Dorothy Paschal • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 17 $6,000 • Del Bland, 10/15/1984 • Dr. Allen Bennett, 1/20/1998 • Walter Husak. State II. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Elder-Gilbert, in Chapman, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

AU-50 Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 45 $125 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl, 4/1947 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 347 $1,500 • Gordon J. Wrubel • Del Bland • R. J. Coulter • Robert L. Hughes (Metropolitan World Coin Galleries) • Julian Leidman • Charles L. Wiggins • McLaughlin & Robinson #4392, 9/1989: 211 $6,050 • Charles L. Wiggins • Superior Galleries 5/1992: 432 $3,520 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).

EF-45 Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 34 $100 • Dorothy Paschal • C. Douglas Smith, 1965 • Alfred Bonard. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

EF-40 W. W. Hays, 1900 • Chas. Steigerwalt, 1906 • Charles G. Zug • Lyman H. Low 3/1907: 22 $2.50 • "Gobel" • 1957 ANA (Federal Coin Exchange): 773 $70 • Robert J. Kissner. Stack's 6/1975: 228 $440 • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 18 $2,500 • Denis W. Loring • Thomas D. Reynolds.

F-40 J. P. Hale Jenkins • Henry Chapman 7/1922: 1511 $19 • Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 12/1924 • George H. Clapp • ANS.

VF-30 Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 24 $39 • Glen Wallace • A. Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974: 803 $500 • Dr. Edward R. Bush • Myles Z. Gerson, 2/1981 • Denis W. Loring, 9/ 1982 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 40 $4,180. State III.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-40 but obverse handling marks. From Europe • Heritage Rare Coin Galleries • Heritage Numismatic Auctions 3/1991: 934 $687.50 • Chris VictorMcCawley (CVM) • Superior Galleries 5/1992: 433 $1,650 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 38 $3,080 • Dr. Wallace Lee.

VF-25 Jonathan K. Kern Co., 2/3/1994 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) • Denis W. Loring • Robert C. Clark.

VF-25 Ed. Frossard Collection. Ed. Frossard #37, 10/ 1884: 870 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 60 $800 • Tom Morley • Ed Kucia (Libertas Americana Galleries) • George E. Ewing, Jr.

VF-25 Oscar J. Pearl • Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 40 $35 • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1663 $23 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Robert J. Kissner - Stack's 6/1975: 229 $400 • Dr. C. R. Chambers. Jack H. Robinson • McLaughlin & Robinson #4033, 9/1984: 94 $1,100 • Jack H. Robinson. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

VF-25 Sharpness of EF-40 but obverse porosity and dis-colored. David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Homer K. Downing, privately • Dr. James O. Sloss, 9/1958 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 12 $90 • Q. David Bowers (Empire Coin Co.) • Willard C. Blaisdell, 1/1971 • John W. Adams, 4/1973 • Dorothy Paschal, 5/1977 • Denis W. Loring, 2/1981 • Bertram Cohen.

VF-25 Norman Stack Collection • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 32 $1,980 • John R. Frankenfield.