Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 14.

Reverse N. Single berry left of the bow, as on reverse M and no other die of the coinage year. Unlike Reverse M, the lowest right leaf pair is horizontal with the lowest leaf pointing to c as usual. A spine extends the point of the middle leaf of the triplet. Stem ends are thinner and shorter. Outer berry is below the upright of R, rather than below its center. Six berries left and seven right, berries are larger, with one on a long curving stem above and left of O(N), missing on reverse M. A double dentil is just left of M.

Die states: 1. Perfect dies.

II. Very faint reverse cracks from the rim through tops of UNITED into the field toward 5 and through the tops of RI.

III. Double clash marks between the cap and upper hair from wreath, in the wreath and above fraction from the head, and from the cap at N-TED. Faint obverse crack from the rim through E to head. New reverse cracks from the field above final A, through final A to final zero, and from 1(00) through ribbon end to the left side of u. The crack through tops of RI now touches c.

Equivalents: Maris 43, "Crowded Date." Frossard 30.

Doughty 63. Hays 31. McGirk 40. Ross 19-U. Chapman 14. Sheldon 36. EAC 22. Encyclopedia 1662.

Rarity 5.

Remarks: Discovered by Dr. Edward Maris in 1870.

Condition Census:

AU-55 Spink & Sons, Ltd. (London) • J. c. Morgenthau & Co. #322, 1/1934 Supplement: 173 $141 • George H. Clapp • ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon. State III. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents, in Penny Whimsy, and in Noyes.

AU-50 From England in 1934 • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1673 $250 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 3/7/1973 • John W. Adams • Del Bland, 6/4/1984 • George E. Ewing, Jr. • Eric Streiner, 4/29/1993 • Dr. Allen Bennett, 1/20/1998 • Walter Husak. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

VF-35 Sharpness of EF-45 but small nicks and dents. W. B.Guy. Henry Chapman 11/1911: 401 $45 • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 54 $125 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl, 1944 •Dr. William H. Sheldon • ANS. State III. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Chapman. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

VF-35 E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #87, 12/1913: 834 $71 • Dr. George P. French.

VF-25 From England to James D. King, 3/13/1971 • John W. Adams, 3/1973 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1974 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Dr. Robert A. Schuman, 9/1975 • Denis W. Loring, 5/7/1983 • Jack H. Robinson. Superior Galleries 1/1989: 60 $4,840 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. State I.

VF-25 Stack's, 2/2/1942 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 49 $3,300 • Wes A. Rasmussen.

VF-25 Joseph C. Mitchelson, 1913 • Connecticut State Library.

F-12 Dr. William H. Sheldon. C. Douglas Smith, 1965 • Alfred Bonard • Henry J. Berube (New England Coin Co.), 11/16/1965 • Philip Van Cleave • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #340, 1/1986: 5040 $990 • Jack H. Beymer. Dr. Robert J, Shalowitz, 10/1986 • Denis W. Loring, 12/1986 • John G. Wood, 1/1/1987 • Frank H. Stillinger.