Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

MS-60 Col. E. H. R. Green • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.)

AU-55 Francis H. Lee, circa 1913 • Essex Institute • Stack's 2/1975: 136 $2,000 • Stack's • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 116 $7,150 • Anthony Terranova, 3/ 18/1988 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Early American Coppers 4/ 1989: 57 $7,500 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 119 $15,400 • Douglas F. Bird • Dennis Mendelson • Thomas D. Reynolds, 1/1997. Walter Husak. State II.

AU-55 Charles L. Bushnell • Lorin G. Parmelee • S. H.& H. Chapman 6/1882: 2632 $91 • George W. Cogan • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 81 $6,500 • Tom Morley • Myles Z. Gerson • Kenneth M. Goldman • Gene Sanders (Coinko) • Anthony Terranova • Thomas D. Reynolds.

AU-55 H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 171 $40 • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 87 $260 • Charles H. Deetz • Stack's 11/1946: 1753 $175. Christian M. Petersen $225 • Hollinbeck Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #166, 10/1953: 280 $410 • Glen Wallace • A. Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974: 828 $1,550 • Douglas Robbins • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries RCR #22, Spring 1975 to #24, Autumn 1975 $4,900 • unknown • Auction '86 (Stack's): 8 $5,500 • John Whitney.

AU-55 Robert Coulton Davis • New York Coin & Stamp Co. 1/1890: 2530 $40 • Harlan P. Smith. Virgil M. Brand • Hillyer Ryder, 5/1945 • Wayte Raymond. New Netherlands Coin Co. #41, 9/1953: 247 $95 • C. Douglas Smith • A. Kosoff • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Abner Kreisberg 9/1967: 381 $1,600 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Quality Sales Corp. 6/1968: 65 $1,360 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 403 $1,400 • Charles E. Harrison.

AU-55 Joseph C. Mitchelson, 1913 • Connecticut State Library.

AU-55 With a planchet defect below N in CENT. Dorothy Paschal • Ed Hipps (Ed's Coin & Stamp Shop).

Obverse 4. Vertical striations at u and TY. (Editor's note: These striations might be a function of die state.) Dentils are weaker below the date and left.

Reverse D. Similar to reverse C. Four berries on each branch. Nine triplets with outer leaf of a triplet under the upright of E(D). Right leaf of a triplet below C(E), not to its left. Innermost leaf of the triplet below ME completely overlaps the stem and on worn specimens may show only as a thickening of the stem s is below T and TA are joined. Fraction bar is long, thin, away from the numerals, and skewed to the left, as is the denominator. Horizontal chip in the field below N(E) with others around ON.

Die states: I. Normal reverse.

II. Reverse drastically reground. Left stem end is broken away and the bows are incomplete. Inner leaf of the triplet at ED is incomplete, outer leaves of the triplets at RI and CA are mere fragments, and the right leaf of the pair below (N)T is only an outline. The triplets right of (N)E and below ME have fragmentary leaves. A crack or die scratch slants up through part of the left bow.

Equivalents: Proskey 4. Doughty 75. Gilbert G. McGirk 3B. Ross 2-D. Clapp-Newcomb G. Sheldon 85. EAC 6. Encyclopedia 1681.

Rarity 5.

Remarks: Usually weak at lower obverse and upper reverse, possibly from axially misaligned dies. Sheldon's comments about his number 86 (our number 7), though modified from Clapp-Newcomb, apply at least equally to state II of the present number.

Probably between 2,000 and 3,000 were struck.

An example from the Jack H. Robinson collection (lot 155) has a clip at K-9:30. See "Oops!" chapter.

Condition Census:

AU-50 E. Gilbert • Thomas L. Elder #32, 7/1909: 695 $41 • H. O. Granberg • William H. Woodin • The United States Coin Co. 5/1915: 166 $32 • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 102 $250 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl, 1948 • Dr. William H. Shel-don, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 5/1992 • John Whitney. Obverse and reverse il-lustrated in Gilbert-Elder and in Noyes.

VF-35 Joseph J. Mickley • W. Elliot Woodward, 10th Semi-Annual Sale, 10/1867: 1961 $5 • E. J. Farmer • Mason & Co. #2,4/1869: 506 $3.50 • Abram S. Jenks • Edward Cogan 4/1877: 709 $18 • Edward Cogan • John P. Lyman • S. H. Chapman 11/1913: 408 $40 • Elmer S. Sears • unknown • B. Max Mehl, 4/1926 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State 1. Reverse illustrated in Clapp-Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

VF-35 With a tiny planchet clip. Sharpness of AU-50 but two obverse edge dents, one of which has been repaired, and some abrasions. Alan J. Brotman (Numismatic Gallery) • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Wllliam K. Raymond • George Korsing • William and Norman Pullen, 8/1975 • unknown. Michael Kramer • Bowers and Merena 9/1994: 1129 $3,740 • Anthony Terranova, 4/21/1995 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 120 $6,050 • Walter Husak