Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

AU-50 With minute planchet roughness in the right obverse field. From England • Wayte Raymond, 4/1922 • George H. Clapp • ANS.

AU-50 With some planchet roughness in the right obverse field and along the right reverse rim. H. E. Jones (Edinburgh, Scotland) • Scott & Co. 10/1878:204 $7.25 • J.Colvin Randall • W. W. Hays, 1900 • Chas. Steigerwalt, 1906 • Charles G. Zug • Lyman H. Low 3/1907: 26 $9 • E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910: 26 $27.50 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 108 $18 • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Sheraton Coin Co. • 1947 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #40): 802 $50 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1668 $72.50 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 24 $3,500 • Del Bland, 7/31/1984 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 52 $7,975. State IV. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Frossard-Hays and in Elder-Gilbert. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents, in Penny Whimsy, and in Morley. Reverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy.

EF-45 Eric P. Newman, 7/16/1985 • Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Foundation.

EF-40 Dr. William H. Sheldon - Stack's, privately • C. Douglas Smith, 1965 • Alfred Bonard • Numismatic Enterprises 2/1968: 26 $750.

EF-40 With planchet roughness in the right obverse field. Howard R. Newcomb, 3/5/1938 • Willard C. Blaisdell, 2/17/1975 • Del Bland, 1/4/1985 • Bertram Cohen • Early American Numismatics (Dana Linett) "Buy or Bid" Sale #2, 1985: 527 $3,950 • unknown. Early American Numismatic Auctions 8/1992: 185 $3,300.

VF-35 With some planchet roughness in the right obverse field. From England • Frederick G.''Fritz" Weber • C. Douglas Smith. Del Bland, 11/1973 • Dr. Robert A. Schuman, 3/1976 • Denis W. Loring, 5/7/1983 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 53 $2,090 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. State V.

VF-35 R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Denis W. Loring, 1973 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 43 $2,530 • Wes A. Rasmussen.

VF-35 Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 34 $25.

VF-35 Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 49 $65 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl.

Obverse 12. Always with the rim break above LI.

Reverse L. Usually identified by the central bulge and "wheel spoke" breaks. Innermost leaf of the triplet is longest. Lowest right leaves are unusually close together. Fraction is skewed to the right. Lowest left berry touches the bow. Six berries on each branch with those nearest C(E) and M largest. In ONE CENT, 0 and C are low.

Die states: 1. Reverse buckled at CEN but with no breaks. Sheldon said he had seen only one: Downing: 1669, later to Jack Robinson. Good.

II. One radial break from rim to I(T). Extremely rare.

III. Three "wheel spoke" breaks: rim to I(T), rim to A(M), and faintest traces at rim left of u. (Clapp said this had four breaks, but the crack at right ribbon end requires imagination to see.) Extremely rare. Sheldon said he had seen only two in this state.

IV. Bulge involves ONE CENT. Five breaks: rim left of u, rim to I(T), rim right of D, rim through A(M), and rim toright ribbon end.

V. A sixth break from the rim between AT.

VI. Obverse cracked from rim break to cap. All reverse breaks are heavy except the one at the right ribbon end. Central bulge obliterates a berry between AM. Later, the break at the right ribbon end also becomes heavy. (Editor's note: The manuscript referenced a seventh break from rim through final 5, which may not exist. The original source for this is not known.)