Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but lightly corroded with some obverse burnishing. J. Coolidge Hills • Lyman H. Low #211, 12/1923: 342 $0.80 • George H. Clapp, 10/1945 • Dr. William H. Sheldon. • Dorothy Paschal • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 12/1978 • Denis W. Loring, 12/1978. George E. Ewing, Jr., 1/1980 • G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 44 $13,200 • Joel Spingarn, 4/1994 • L. Michael Lawrence.

VG-10 Sharpness of F-15 but numerous handling marks. Purchased unattributed from a dealer in 1/1983 by Denis W. Loring, 1/1983 • Jack H. Robinson - Richard V. Punchard • Tom Morley, 9/12/1991 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 53 $16,500.

VG-8 Sharpness of VF-25 but pitted. J. J. Teaparty, 10/ 1968 • Denis W. Loring, 12/1968 • Dorothy Paschal. • Eugene Exman.

VG-8 Copley Coin Co., 2/1963 • C. Douglas Smith, 1965 • Alfred Bonard • Henry J. Berube (New England CoinCo.), 11/16/1965 • Philip Van Cleave, 3/4/1977 • William R. T. Smith, 4/4/1977 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 7/8/1992 • Dr. Allen Bennett, 7/7/1995 • Paul Langseth, 7/1996 • Wes A. Rasmussen.

VG-7 Sharpness of VF-30 but porous and black. John K. Borcky • Thomas L. Elder 6/1935: 394 $30 • Henry Chapman, via Miss Ella Wright • Henry C. Hines, 1945 ·Homer K. Downing. 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1704 $160 • Willard C. Blaisdell, 2/1975 • John W. Adams, 2/1975 • Dorothy Paschal, 5/1977 • Denis W. Loring, 12/27/1977 • an unidentified eastern collector.

VG-7 Purchased unattributed in 1949 at a garage sale by 12-year-old Thomas Erwin III, 1971. John D, Wright, 4/1972 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1974 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Tom Morley • Cape Kennedy Medals 121 1975: 29 $2,875 • William R. T. Smith, 3/4/1977 • Philip Van Cleave • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #340, 1/1986: 5041 $5,225 • Dr. Bruce Reinoehl. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

G-5 Sharpness of VG-7 but dents on both sides. Thomas L. Elder 12/1917: 1533 $43 • Virgil M. Brand • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 39 $92.50 • Christian M. Petersen • Dr. Charles L. Ruby, 12/1972 • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. • Superior Galleries 2/1974: 366 $2,100 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 50 $6,050 • Wes A. Rasmussen, 7/1996 • Paul Langseth. State I. Illustrated in The Numismatist, November 1917, p. 482 by Thomas L. Elder as the "discovery" specimen. See Remarks, above.

AG-3 Sharpness of G-5 but seven holes on the reverse. Amos Van Buskirk • Henry Chapman 3/1917: 536 $14.50 • J. P. Hale Jenkins • Henry Chapman 7/1922: 1569 $19 • Robert D. Book, 5/1930 • George H. Clapp, 3/31/1949 • Carnegie Institute.

AG-3 Purchased unattributed and sold on 4/17/1989 to Gary Ruttenberg, 1/28/1990 • John R. Frankenfield.

AG-3 With a large planchet defect in the center of each side. Discovered during the spring of 1900 in a lot of 1794 cents purchased at the Frank L. Bowman sale, Ed. Frossard #145, 4/1897: 420 $30, by Chas. Steigerwalt, 1906 • Charles G. Zug • Lyman H. Low 3/1907: 59 $3.25 • Howard R. Newcomb-listed in Thomas L. Elder #44, 10/1910: 59 as property of Mr. H. R. Newcomb, but not to be sold; later sold to Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 3/1921 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Elder-Gilbert.

FR-2 Tom Morley.
FR-2 William F. Tirol.
No other examples have been reported.

Obverse 10. Again reworked. Lowest lock is again single and heavy, the second and top are locks longer. Hair has been re-engraved to eliminate the hollow place noted in number 13. The shoulder loop is thin and incomplete, the pole and numerals are thinner, and the date is minutely nearer the border (dentils strengthened).

Reverse N. Often weak at the upper right, possibly due to axial misalignment.
Die states: I. Outer chip back of the hair is almost invisible. The earliest of these must have preceded number 23, state III.

II. Both chips are plain.

Equivalents: Hays 41. McGirk 4E. Ross 25-D. Chapman 24. Sheldon 38. EAC 24. Encyclopedia 1662.

Rarity 5.

Remarks: First described in the Andrew Madsen Smith collection. (John W. Haseltine #63, 11/1882: 913.) The discovery is usually credited to W. W. Hays in 1889.

Scot retrieved and reworked this badly chipped die because subsequently made obverses had broken. Most likely he did not have time to make a new obverse die.' Possible alternative explanations: 1) The device punch had chipped; reuse of the old "Marred Field" die was a way of buying time to replace it. The earliest Second Scot Head coins were not to be delivered until May 8. 2) Acute shortage of die steel. 3) Deliberate experiment: this is the only die to receive such treatment (twice reannealed, altered, and rehardened). (In Penny Whimsy, pp. 103-104, Dr. William H. Sheldon noted that some people believe this die came from the same hub die as his obverses 11 and 12.)

Denis W. Loring has a reverse brockage, attributed by die state. See "Oops!" chapter.

New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 358 $1,200 • John W.Adams. Dorothy Paschal= John W. Adams·
Myles z. Gerson. Del Bland, 5/4/1984 • George E. Ewing, Jr. • Eric Streiner • Early American Coppers 4/1994: 169 $4,000 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. VF-25 Henry C. Miller • Thomas L. Elder 4/1917: 690 $31 • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 67 $125 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • B. Max Mehl #106, 6/1945: 1648 $115 • B. Max Mehl • B. Max Mehl #112, 4/1949: 2312 $21.75 • Willard C. Blaisdell, 2/17/1975. Del Bland - Myles Z. Gerson, 1/1981 • Denis W. Loring, 2/1981 • Bertram Cohen • Early American Numismatics (Dana Linett) "Buy or Bid" Sale #2, 1985: 528 $4,500 • Bertram Cohen • Kenedi Numismatic Auctions 1/1986: 46 $775 • Bertram Cohen. State 1.