Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents
Walter Breen
VF-20 Sharpness of VF-30 but black with some reverse roughness. Bradbury K. Thurlow • Mayflower Coin Auctions 12/1967: 166 $120 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 458 $225 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Del Bland • John D. Wright.
VF-20 With blunt striking on lower obverse and on upper reverse. Sharpness of VF-35 but scratches behind head and neck and two obverse edge dents. Dr. William H. Sheldon. Dorothy Paschal • Allen E. McDowell • Jake Hendin, 7/1978 • Richard V. Punchard.
VF-20 With a very small planchet clip and weak striking on lower curls and on some letters in UNITED STATES. Sharpness of VF-30 but some small pit marks, a scratch, and an edge dent. David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal, 11/1977 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 204 $1,210 • Dr. Ralph W. Rucker. State I.
F-1S Sharpness of VF-25 but nicks and dents. Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 3/1921 • George H. Clapp, 3/31/1949 • Carnegie Institute.
F-15 Sharpness of EF-40 but lightly eroded. Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458,2/1945: 175 $40.
F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but porous and lightly burnished. Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458,2/1945: 176 $10 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Reverse illustrated in Clapp-Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.
VG-10 With weak striking on lower curls and on upper reverse. Elmer's Stamp and Coin Shop, 2/4/1950 • C. Douglas Smith.
VG-10 With blunt striking at OF. Russ Vaughn, 1969 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1974 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • C. Douglas Smith, 1/1980 • Denis W. Loring, 2/1980 • Fred H. Borcherdt.
VG-10 An eastern consignment • Superior Galleries 2/ 1976: 1430 $190.
VG-10 Sharpness of VF-20 but some porosity and an obverse scratch. Purchased unattributed on 5/30/1990 from Norman W. Pullen by a collector.
VG-10 Sharpness of VF-25 but porous. Early American Coppers 4/1995: 201 $320 • Stuart "Mac" Macdonald • Heritage Numismatic Auctions 9/1997: 5121 $678 • W. M. "Jack" Wadlington.
1797 Table of Equivalents
