Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

AU-55 T. Harrison Garrett. Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 82 $2,400 • Dr. C. R. Chambers, 7/1984 • Denis W. Loring, 4/1985 • Dr. Robert J, Shalowitz • Dennis Mendelson, 7/16/1991 • John B. MacDonald, 4/1997 • Anthony Terranova, 8/1997 • Dr. Eugene Sherman.

AU-55 Dudley R. Child • Lyman H. Low 2/1908: 211 $16 • Henry Chapman • Henry Chapman 6/1909: 746 $41 • Clarence S. Bement • Henry Chapman 5/1916: 301 $30 • Henry C. Hines • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 95a $130 • A. Kosoff (Numismatic Gallery) • Sheraton Coin Co. • 1947 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #40): 829 $125 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 4/1956: 40 $330 • Dorothy Nelson • Stack's 2/1976: 26 $1,300 • unknown • Stack's, privately • John Whitney, 4/21/1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 76 $11,550 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 129 $15,950 • Dennis Mendelson. EF-45 Dr. G. F. E. Wilharm • B. Max Mehl #59, 2/ 1921: 1355 $5.50 • Archer M. Huntington, 4/1923 • George H. Clapp • ANS.

EF-45 Sharpness of MS-60 but the obverse is covered with hairline scratches; cleaned and recolored. M. A. Brown • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1897: 770 $26 • S. H. & H . Chapman • William F. Gable • S. H. Chapman 5/1914: 1269 $95 • Henry Chapman • Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 9 $100 • S. H. Chapman • Robert D. Book, 5/1930 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State IX. Reverse illustrated in Noyes.

EF-40 R. T. Davis. Stack's 2/1968: 16 $475 • Alfred Bonard.

VF-35 Sharpness of AU-50 but somewhat porous. Glen Wallace. A. Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974:832 $145 • Del Bland • Jeffrey Oliphant.

VF-35 Sharpness of EF-45 but edge dents and some verdigris on reverse. Purchased on 8/5/1989 by Don Valenziano, Jr.

VF-30 Frank D. Taylor • Henry Chapman 6/1908: 55 $14.50 • E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #32, 7/1909: 699 $7 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 179 $5.50. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Gilbert-Elder.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-45 but uniformly porous. John K. Borcky • Thomas L. Elder 6/1935: 592 $6.25 • Willard C. Blaisdell. Del Bland • Myles Z. Gerson.

VF-30 R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 4/1956: 41 $265 • Mrs. R. Henry Norweb • Bowers and Merena 11/1988: 2749 $2,750. Dennis Mendelson • Del Bland • Al Boka.

Obverse 19.

Reverse U. Type of 1795. Three triplets on the left branch and two on the right, these flanking UN, ED, O(N), (N)T, and ER. Left leaf of the pair at c(E) overlaps the wreath stem.

Die states: 1. Obverse clashed as number 34, state IV. II. Extra clash marks from the dentils above ERTY and right.

Equivalents: Gilbert 34. McGirk 6F. Clapp-Newcomb 27. Sheldon 95. EAC 35. Encyclopedia 1690. See Remarks.

High Rarity 5. Just over 30 are currently known.

Remarks: Doughty's description of his number 86 is too vague for certainty, but nearer to this than to any other variety. Doughty worked from low-grade examples, and more than once confused obverses with the same date layout. (The Cents of the United States, New York, 1890.)

Some struck on concavo-convex blanks. This reverse closely resembles reverse V and was possibly made the same day.

Condition Census:

AU-50 Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 8/1924 • George H. Clapp • ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 102 $142.50 • Harold Bareford. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

EF-40 From a collection. Thomas L. Elder #87, 12/1913: 666 $40 • E. Gilbert • H. O. Granberg. William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 218 $13.50 • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929. B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 140 $80 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 12/11/1986 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 118 $16,500 • Charles E. Harrison • Anthony Terranova, 1/1994 John Whitney. State II. "Lost" for a number of years. George H. Clapp, who had seen this coin in Dr. French's collection, offered a $50.00 reward in 1944 to locate it. Unknown to Clapp, it was then in the Clarke Collection. The discovery coin for the variety.

VF-35 Sharpness of EF-45 but some edge nicks. Consignment E • Stack's 12/1977: 1250 $1,600 • Dr. C. R. Chambers • Dennis Mendelson, 7/15/1991 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 132 $11,000. State II.

VF-30 J. Coolidge Hills • Lyman H. Low #211, 12/1923: 351a $15 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State I. Reverse illustrated in Clapp-Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-45 but porous. Dr. William H. Sheldon • ANS.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-45 but surfaces are not perfectly smooth; dark greenish olive. Gordon J. Wrubel • Chuck Furjanic, 11/1974 • Denis W. Loring, 11/27/1974 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Del Bland • Richard H. Wright. Valley Plaza Coins (Richard H. Wright) FPL #1, Fall 1976: 125 $1,500 • Jeffrey Oliphant.