Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 4.

Reverse F. Chip near the border below the left ribbon end. Numerator is skewed slightly to the right. Leaf point below center of the upright of D and very close to it. In CENT, E leans right and T is high. Fraction bar shorter than on number 6.

Edge: Usually with reeded edge (RE), although some-times with plain edge (PE).

Die states: I. Obverse buckling behind the ribbon, at first faint.

II. Obverse diagonally cracked from the rim behind ribbon into the field. Clapp 7b-G.

III. Reverse cracked from the rim above (C)A to ribbon ends, numerator, stems, and the wreath. Another crack from the rim between F A through triplet to the top right leaf pair, eventually into the field below A(T). Clapp 7bGb (not in his book).

IV. Obverse has an additional crack behind the head parallel to that of state II. Buckling advances. Clapp 7c-Gb.

V. Reverse cracked from the rim through upright of (M)E to wreath, at first faint, eventually to the top of (N)T. Buckling through D ST and adjacent wreath., also at first faint.

VI. Obverse rim break at 7:00, confined to the dentils. Centering may not permit this to show. Reverse buckled at the crack of state V.

VII. Two almost parallel cracks of states IT and N (left rim to end of lower ribbon and left rim to between ribbon ends) extend into ribbons.

VIII. Cracked from the rim through chip and left ribbon to near base of u. Clapp 7c-Gc.

Equivalents: Doughty 112. Proskey' 3. McGirk 2B. Clapp 9. Sheldon 151. EAC 7. Encyclopedia 1717.

High Rarity 3.

Remarks: Obverse is always weak on the device. Grade by surface.

Coltman blanks, as previously.

Condition Census:

AU-50 Sharpness of Mint State but cleaned. Benjamin H. Collins, 1/30/1919 • Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 14 $55 • Elmer S. Sears • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945:192 $175 • Leonard M. Holland • Pennypacker Auction Centre, 5/1959 $280 • Louis Helfenstein • Lester Merkin 8/1964: 14 $4,200. Gene Reale • Sotheby's (New York) #7083, 1/1998: 27 $46,200 • Eugene Gardner. Reverse illustrated in Clapp. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy.

EF-45 Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 178 $200 • Henry A. Sternberg, 8/1930 T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • Frederic W. Geiss • B. Max Mehl #109, 2/1947: 41 $190 • Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. • Bowers and Merena 5/1996: 507 $19,800 • John B. MacDonald. State VIII.

EF-40 Henry C. Miller • The United States Coin Co. 12/1917: 427 withdrawn • unknown • B. Max Mehl, privately 1947 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 4/2/1992

• Thomas D. Reynolds. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

EF-40 Struck about 12% off-center. Discovered in Philadelphia • Henry C. Hines • Carl Wurtzbach • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dr. Willard H. Tice • Stack's 6/1962: 267 $150 • C. Douglas Smith • Bradbury K. Thurlow. Lester Merkin 9/1970: 36 $525 • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Jack H. Robinson • C. Douglas Smith. State V.

VF-25 Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 190 $75. Harold Bareford, 9/13/1985 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 148 $1,650. Thomas D. Reynolds.

VF-20 David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Wayte Raymond • New Netherlands Coin Co. #41,9/1953: 260 $50 • Dorothy Paschal. Dr. Willard J. Carmel, Jr., 10/2/1981 • G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 171 $1,595 • Gary Ruttenberg. M & G Auctions 8/1996: 153 $2,530 • W. M. "Jack" Wadlington.

VF-20 Charles M. Williams • Numismatic Gallery #68, 11/1950: 140 $45 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal • New Netherlands Coin Co. #50, 12/1957: 1071 $87.50 • C. Douglas Smith. $350 • Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz $400. C. Douglas Smith, 11/27 /1975 • Jack H. Beymer, 9/30/1976 $375 • C. Douglas Smith, 11/9/1989 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 213 $1,265 • Walter Husak. State VI.

F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but reverse corrosion. L. P. Jones • Thomas L. Elder 6/1922: 516 $16.50 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Noyes.

F-12 B. Max Mehl, 3/1926 • George H. Clapp. ANS.  F-12 Sharpness of VF-30 but porous. Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions 2/1985: 65 $664.40 • Henry T. Hettger • Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions 8/1987: 34 $850.

F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but some pitting. George Ramont • Myles Z. Gerson • Dr. Philip W. Ralls.

F-12 Kenneth Draudt • C. F. Gordon, Jr.

F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but areas of fine corrosion. Herbert A. Silberman, 11/1977 • Chuck Furjanic • Del Bland • Jack H, Beymer, 1/30/1989. C. Douglas Smith.

F-12 Sharpness of VF-20 but some porosity. Richard Picker • Dr. Nat D. Wilson • 1967 ANA (Paramount International Coin Corp.): 203 $125 • Dr. Hiram T. Ward • Denis W. Loring. John S. Ashby, Jr. (Ashby's Best Coppers).

F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but encrustation, mostly on reverse. Charles R Mathewson • Robert Le Blanc (Le Blanc Numismatics), 6/1982 • Denis W. Loring • Thomas D. Reynolds.

F-12 Sharpness of VF-25 but porous. Consignment Allentown • Coin Galleries 5/1984: 1006 $385 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Fred H. Borcherdt.

F-12 Purchased at the 1993 ANA Convention by Denis W. Loring • Early American Coppers 4/1994: 227 • Dr. Ralph W. Rucker.

F-12 Oscar J. Pearl • Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 121 $27.50 • unknown • Stack's 9/1975: 403 $190. unknown • Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions 5/1985: 41 $510.

F-12 Stack's 3/1993: 2622 $715.