Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 32. Two small chips out of the die in the hair, pointing to E, vertically below B, nearer to the ribbon than to the cap. Four less obvious similar marks on the cheek point to Y. No trace of the pole between hair and cap. B leans right. In the date, 1 is a little closer to the curl than in other obverses of this group. In practice, this die is most easily identified by the clash marks described below.

Reverse MM. Double leaf at OF.

Die states: I. Perfect dies without clash marks.

II. Clash marks from a leaf before the forelock, in the field before the profile, and below the chin. No cracks.

III. Additional obverse clash marks: from the stem pointing to R and from the leaf between the cap and hair below LI, Faint crack through tops of RTY into the field at right and another from the upper lip across the cheek and temple through the hair and into the field pointing to LI.

IV. Third faint crack from the rim to left top of Y. V. Faint crack joins bases of 79 to angle of 4.

Condition Census:

MS-68 Major Sir Rowland Denys Guy Wmn, M. C., 4th Baron St. Oswald • Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. (London) 10/1964: 158 $2,184 • A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • Dorothy Paschal • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-65 Major Sir Rowland Denys Guy Wmn, M. C., 4th Baron St. Oswald • Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.

(London) 10/1964: 159 $2,016 • A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • Lester Merkin 10/1973: 255 $8,750 • Andrew M. Hain • Dennis E. Steinmetz (Steinmetz Coins & Currency) • 1980 ANA (Steve Ivy Numismatic Auctions): 941 $29,000 • R E. Naftzger, Jr, • Auction '86 (Paramount Numismatic Services): 1517 $20,900 • Stack's.

MS-60 Peter Mougey • William H. Woodin • Thomas L. Elder #43, 9/1910: 11 $32 • Dr. George P. French, privately • Henry C. Miller • The United States Coin Co. 12/1917: 418 $77.50 .• Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 81 $125 • T. James Oarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • B. Max Mehl #106, 6/1945: 1651 $120 • B. Max Mehl, 4/24/1947 • R E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 388 $2,600. • Del Bland, 5/9/ 1986 • Dr. Allen Bennett, 1/20/1998 • Walter Husak. Obverse illustrated in Morley.

AU-55 With a small planchet defect between E and D in UNITED. Charles L. Bushnell • Lorin G. Parmelee • S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1882: 2623 $17 • Lorin G. Parmelee • M. A. Brown. S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1897: 759 $12 • George H. Earle, Jr. • Henry Chapman 6/1912: 3388 $27 • S. H. Chapman • S. H. Chapman 6/1913: 462 $37 • Thomas L. Elder, privately • E. Gilbert • Col. James W. Ellsworth, 3/1923. Wayte Raymond. Howard R Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 69 $42.50 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 68 $7,500. Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #46, December 1982 $7,500 • Bowers and Merena Galleries RCR #48, June-July 1983 $7,500 • John W. Adams, 7/1984 • Denis W. Loring, 3/1985 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 95 $7,150 • R E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 4/1992 • John B. MacDonald, 2/1997 • Walter Husak. State IV: Obverse and reverse illustrated in Chapman, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

EF-40 Sharpness of AU-55 but a lamination on obverse has been repaired; cleaned and recolored. Major Sir Rowland Denys Guy Winn, M. C., 4th Baron St. Oswald • Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. (London) 10/1964: 157 $392 • A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • Lester Merkin • Mrs. R Henry Norweb • Bowers and Mererta 11/1988: 2726 $3,190 • John R. Frankenfield.

EF-40 Raymond Gallo, 10/1960 • R E. Naftzger, Jr. • A.Kosoff 10/1961: 76 $130. James A. Ross. Adrian Ross • Stack's 6/1990: 1183 $2,200 • Joseph Piervincenti, 10/1993 • unknown • 1997 ANA(Heritage Numismatic Auctions): 8132 $3,565 • Thomas Caldwell (Northeast Numismatics).

EF-40 J. C. Morgenthau & Co., privately 3/1938 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal.

EF-40 W. E. Johnson, 1/1962 • Robert J. Kissner • Stack's 6/1975: 266 $440 • "JMH."