Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

AU-55 With light planchet roughness behind the lower curls. Patrick Deane (London) • William P. Paul (American Heritage Minting), 7/1980 • Del Bland • George E. Ewing, Jr. • AnthonyTerranova, 4/1995 • Walter Husak.

AU-50 M. A. Brown • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1897: 758 $22 • J. Colvin Rartdall • Allison W. Jackman • Henry Chapman 6/1918: 700 $68 • Virgil M. Brand • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 4/26/1943 $100 • A. Kosoff • Oscar J. Pearl - Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 71 $200 • 1946 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #38): 1426 $172.50 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 4/1956: 22 $500 • Stack's • Dorothy Nelson. Stack's 2/1976: 17 $2,000 • William R. T. Smith • Myles Z. Gerson • Bertram Cohen • John G. Wood • Bertram Cohen • J. J. Teaparty • Shoreham Enterprises, Ltd. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 85 $6,325 • Charles E. Harrison • Jeffrey Oliphant.

AU-50 With some very light planchet roughness behind the lower curls. Matthew Adams Stickney • Henry Chapman 6/1907: 1487 $52.50 • Charles Osner • unknown • Rare Coin Galleries of Seattle, 9/1982 • Gene Sanders (Coinko) • Stuart A. Levine (Kearsarge House Rare Coins) • Anthony Terranova • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 89 $11,000 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Early American Coppers 4/1989: 43 $10,000 • Anthony Terranova • Bowers and Merena Galleries FPLs, 1990 $17,900 • Dr. John A. Van Arsdall • Bowers and Merena 1/1993: 223 $17,600 • Dr. Thomas Turissini. State I.

EF-45 With minute planchet roughness in the lower left obverse field. Stack's, privately • Alfred Bonard • Numis-matic Enterprises 2/1968: 34 $2,000 • H. Jordan • Frederick Ouellette, 8/22/1873 • Denis W. Loring, 8/ 22/1973 • John W. Adams, 11/1974 • Denis W. Loring, 7/28/1979 • John R. "Bob" Grellman, Jr. • George Weintraub.

EF-45 With light planchet roughness in the lower left obverse field. Sharpness of AU-55 but areas of minute porosity on obverse and reverse. Henry Chapman 3/1917: 117 $32 • Henry C. Hines • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1689 $185 • Elliot Landau • New Netherlands Coin Co. #52, 12/1958: 108 $250 • Stack's • Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 76 $675 • Dr. Dane B. Nielsen, 5/1979 • Denis W. Loring, 5/7 /1983 Jack H. Robinson. Superior Galleries 1/1989: 113 $6,050 • Tom Morley, 4/15/ 1989 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr. State II. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

EF-45 With light planchet roughness in the left obverse field. H. O. Granberg. William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 132 $60 • Dr. George P. French. unknown • Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 73 $150 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill. New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Pas-chal, 3/1977 • Del Bland.

EF-45 Sharpness of AU-55 but edge dents and nicks. Ed. Frossard Collection • Ed. Frossard #37, 10/1884: 891 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 74 $2,400 • Tom Morley • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 65 $3,750 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #46, December 1982 $3,750 • Dr. Boyd E. Hayward. State II.

EF-40 A. C. Gies • Stack's FPL #14, 1/1942: 89 $125 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Reverse illustrated in Frossard-Hays.

VF-35 From a type set • Dennis E. Steinmetz (Steinmetz Coins & Currency) • Bowers and Merena Galleries RCR #109, January-February 1996 $4,895.

VF-30 Lester Merkin, circa 1965 • C. Douglas Smith • John W.Adams, 8/21/1973 • C. Douglas Smith, 11/1973 • Del Bland, 4/1977. Carl Windon, 3/31/1988 • Del Bland • Dr. Willard J. Carmel, Jr.

VF-30 Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #24, Autumn 1975 $995 • Dr. Edward R. Bush, 8/1978 • John M. Ward, Jr.

VF-30 Consignor with initial "M" • S. H. Chapman. S.H. Chapman 6/1913: 451 $12 • "Clay" • Hazen B. Hinman • Paramount International Coin Corp. 4/1965: 142 $400 • unknown • New England Rare Coin Auctions 3/1978: 581 $525 • John R. "Bob" Grellman, Jr., 7/22/1979 • Denis W. Loring,1/1982 • Dr. Bruce Reinoehl.

VF-30 Sharpness of AU-50 but porous. Stack's 12/1993: 1067 $2,640 • Martin Paul (The Rarities Group) • Heritage Rare Coin Galleries • Heritage Numismatic Auctions 2/1995: 5451 not sold • Heritage Rare Coin Galleries.

VF-30 Lester Merkin 10/1966: 97 $550 • C. Douglas Smith • Gordon J. Wrubel • Chuck Furjanic • Herbert A. Silberman, 11/1977 • Chuck Furjanic.

Obverse 26. Now almost always with the border broad and deep at the lower left: "Shielded Hair."

Reverse GG. Right ribbon is too short without a bent-down end. Both stem ends are short, particularly the right. The lowest right leaf pair is weak and incomplete. Seven berries left and six right with the first, fifth, and seventh on the left smaller than the rest. Scaling in central and right fields, slanting up slightly to right, is plainest near M. 0 is above the adjacent N and E is above C-N, a little too close to N, and leaning right.
Die states: 1. Perfect dies with the obverse die vertically misaligned. The obverse border is complete although narrower and weaker at the right. Very rare.

II. Obverse die vertically misaligned with the left border broad and heavy, the upper right border incomplete. Faint clash marks in the hair below the cap and above the hair right of the cap. Faint crack from rim to finals.