Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Condition Census:

MS-68 Major Sir Rowland Denys Guy Winn, M. c., 4th Baron St. Oswald • Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. (London) 10/1964: 166 $2,940 • A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • Dorothy Paschal •Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. Obverse illustrated on the 1893 Frossard-Hays plate. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-61 Major Sir Rowland Denys Guy Winn, M. c., 4th Baron St. Oswald • Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. (London) 10/1964: 165 $1,736 • Stack's • Dr. E. Yale Clarke • Stack's 10/1975: 43 $7,000 • Gordon J. Wrubel • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Robert Emmer (Penn State Galleries) • Del Bland • Tom Morley • John W. Adams • Tom Morley. New England Rare Coin Auctions 1/1981: 20 $13,500. Kevin Lipton Rare Coins • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 103 $26,400 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 3/1992 • Denis W. Loring, 4/22/1995 • Waiter Husak. State VI.

AU-55 Major Sir Rowland Denys Guy Wmn, M. c., 4th Baron St. Oswald • Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd. (London) 10/1964: 164 $560 • A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • Lester Merkin lit C. Douglas Smith, 1965 • Alfred Bonard • Henry J. Berube (New England Coin Co.) • Alan Weinberg, 2/1979 • Del Bland, 5/13/1986 • Herman Halpern, 12/26/1986. C. Douglas Smith. Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Dr. Allen Bennett.

AU-55 Ed. Frossard Collection • Ed. Frossard #37, 10/1884: 895 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University, privately 3/1973 • John W. Adams • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPL, 1982: 74 $8,000 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #46, December 1982 $8,000 • unknown • Bowers and Merena 6/1989: 11 $15,400 • Dr. Robert J. Bye. Stack's 5/1997: 381 $17,600. State III. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Chapman.

AU-50 Elmer S. Sears, 6/1926 • George H. Clapp • ANS. (no longer in ANS collection).

EF-45 ANS.

EF-40 Col. E. H. R. Green • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin CO.), 5/29/1942 $15 • Thomas L. Elder. Oscar J. Pearl • Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 84 $75 • J. H. South • Stack's 2/1951: 343 $55 • I. M. Irving. Lester Merkin • unknown • Stack's 3/1986: 1192 $2,310 • Andrew M. Hain. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents, in Penny Whimsy, and in Morley.

EF-40 Norman Stack Collection • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 104 $2,310 • Anthony Terranova • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Early American Coppers 4/1989: 46 $3,000 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 11 1996: 99 $4,180 • Walter Husak.

EF-40 Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 80 $65 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal • Del Bland • George E. Ewing, Jr., 8/1979 • Denis W. Loring, 8/ 1980. MylesZ. Cerson – George E. Ewing, Jr., 3/1983 • John G. Wood, 6/1983 • Denis W. Loring, 9/1984 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 127 $2,860 • Dr. Harry Salyards. State VI.

EF-40 Dr. Christian A. Allenburger • B. Max Mehl #111,3/1948: 354 $12 • Willard C. Blaisdell, 2/17/1975 • Del Bland • Dr. Robert A. Schuman • Myles Z. Gerson • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Jack H. Beymer.

EF-40 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 68 $18 • Dr. William H. Sheldon.

Obverse 36. Four upper locks end in a vertical straight line. B is high and its lower serif is very weak. T is high. Crowded date with the 1 nearly touching the hair above and the 7 almost touching a dentil. The 4 almost touches the bust.

Reverse OO. Standard pattern, unlike reverses MM and NN: a double leaf at ED and a triple at OF. Narrow space between the ribbons, as in reverse LL. Six berries left and seven right. Two leaves above (N)E are narrow and bent, the upper one touching the wreath stem above. Three upper berries on the left branch are stemless or virtually so. In AMERICA, E and C are low and E is below M. In CENT, C leans right, E leans left, and NT are lower.

Die states: Both survivors show faint traces of a crack from D to wreath, as in variety 65.
Equivalents: McGirk 4N. Chapman 58. Sheldon NC-3. EAC 62. Encyclopedia 1669.
Rarity 8. Only two reported.

Remarks: There is no clue as to why this obverse die was discarded so quickly. The most likely reason is sudden failure, however, to date, no example exhibiting such failure has been seen, or even rumored.

Struck between states I and III of variety 65. Therefore, this variety formed a few dozen of the 20,021 delivered December 30. Some have speculated this variety to comprise the odd 21 coins.

Discovered by Ebenezer Gilbert, about 1912.

Condition Census:

F-12 C. H. Stearns • Mayflower Coin Auctions 121 1966:325 $1,250 • Alfred Bonard • French's, privately 5/1967 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 11/19/1992. Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 100 $23,100 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.

Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

G-6 Discovered in 1912 by E. Gilbert • Thomas L. ELder #72, 12/1912: 413 $50 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 147 $19 • Dr. George P French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 87 $250 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl, 1944 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 10/21/1946 • George H. Clapp • ANS. The discovery specimen. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Chapman and in Morley. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy.

No other examples have been reported.