Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 5. Wide date with large 8, its top overlapping the drapery. ER are closely spaced and Y is low.

Reverse G. Style I lettering. Long fraction bar skewed to the right; 100 skewed to the left. D is slightly high. AM are well apart with A low. Tail of R is below I.

Edge: Usually with plain edge (PE) although sometimes with reeded edge (RE).

Die states: I. Buckling beginning in the right obverse field and on the reverse at ED, AME, and some leaves. Light fivefold clash marks. Clapp 10-Ib.

II. At least six sets of heavier reverse clash marks; all of LIBERTY shows under u 100 CA. Bulges at TED and AME are heavier, later extending behind I(TED) and R. "Clapp 0-Ic" (not in his book).

III. Obverse radially cracked from the-rim to upper edge of bust. Bulges develop in the right obverse field. Clapp 10b-Ic.

Equivalents: McGirk 5A. Clapp 12. Sheldon 154. EAC 8. Encyclopedia 1718.

Rarity 4.

Remarks: Discovered by Dr. Charles E. McGirk. Some few are on unusually highly polished blanks (possibly Boulton planchets left over from 1797). Others are on Coltman blanks.

Condition Census:

MS-60 Discovered in England by Elmer S. Sears • Thomas L. Elder 9/1935: 1674 $80 • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Noyes. Reverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy.

EF-45 Purchased in the latter part of the 19th century by George L. Davis • Stack's 4/1954: 1600 $300 • Dorothy Paschal, 1977 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 219 $3,300 • Thomas D. Reynolds. State II. Obverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy.

EF-40 H. E. Jones (Edinburgh, Scotland) • Scott & Co. 10/1878: 224 $9 • W. W. Thurston • S. K. Harzfeld #13, 9/ 1880: 115 $4.50 • Marshall C. Lefferts • S. H. & H. Chapman 7/1881: 429 $9 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins Uni-versity • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 88 $1.300 • Dr. Thomas S. Chalkley • Superior Galleries 1/1990: 344 $5,060 • Dr. Philip W. Ralls.

VF-35 David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • C. Douglas Smith, 3/1983 • G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 175 $2,750 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: $216 2,200 • Walter Husak. State III.

VF-35 Sharpness of EF-45 but a small edge dent has been repaired; cleaned and recolored. Stack's 1/1987: 855 $632.50. • C. Douglas Smith.

VF-30 Double struck. Thos. P. Warfield • Associated Coin Auction Co. 10/1955: 264 $30 • W. E. Johnson, 4/1960 • R E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 470 $300 • Riverdale Rare Coins • American Auction Association 1/1975: 910 $300 • Joel D. Rettew Rare Coin Galleries FPL, 10-11/1975 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 6/1976: 242 $325 • Joel D. Rettew Rare Coin Galleries FPL, Winter 1976.

VF-30 A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • New Netherlands Coin Co. #52, 12/1958: 116 $37 •Stack's. Dorothy Nelson • Stack's 2/1976: 40 $300 • Roger S. Cohen, Jr. • Superior Galleries 2/1992: 843 $2,530 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).

VF-30 J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #430, 5/1941: 600 $8.25 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal • unknown • Lester Merkin 11/1965: 54 $165 • Dr. Lawrence A. Matternes • Lester Merkin 10/1973: 283 $275 • C. Douglas Smith, 11/1973 • Denis W. Loring, 7/1980 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

VF-25 Joseph Bailey • Robert J. Kissner. Stack's 6/1975: 303 $250 • Myles Z. Gerson • Dr. Philip W. Ralls. Early American Coppers 4/1994: 229 $1,100 • Frank H. Stillinger.

VF-25 Sharpness of AU-55 but porous with light obverse burnishing. Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458,2/1945: 197 $32.50 • Barney Bluestone. Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 197 $50 • Stack's, privately 2/19/1955 C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 93 $352 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).