Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-45 but porous. Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 119 $125 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 491 $190 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 249 $715 • Denis W. Loring • Fred H. Borcherdt.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-40 but edge dents. Spink & Sons, Ltd. (London) #60, 10/1987: 997 • William P. Paul (American Heritage Minting) • Douglas F. Bird, 12/1987 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 362 $5,280 • Thomas D. Reynolds.

VF-30 Francis W. Doughty • Henry A. Sternberg • James G. Macallister • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 11/1947 • Judge Thomas L. Caskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal.

VF-25 Struck on a slightly mis-shapen planchet. Henry C. Hines • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1830 $11.50 • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. Philip W. Ralls.

VF-20 Sharpness of EF-40 but many tiny pit marks on obverse and some light raised corrosion on both sides. Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. #299, 1/1973: 282 $910 • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #322, 9/1980: 135 $462 • Kenneth Lucas • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM), 7/2/1990 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 242 $577.50 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).

VF-20 George Ramont.

VF-20 Sharpness of VF-35 but edge filed down to remove dents. L.S. Werner, 4/3/1952 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/1974 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1974 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Myles Z. Gerson, 3/1977 •Denis W. Loring, 12/1977 • Myles Z. Gerson • Denis W. Loring, 10/1980 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

VF-20 Sharpness of EF-45 but obverse die break has been tooled off and roughness in left obverse field. Henry C. Hines • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1829 $19 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Jack H. Beymer • Richard Feingold • Joel Spingarn • Ray Rouse • Don Valenziano, Jr. • M & G Auctions 1/1995: 374 $990.

VF-20 McIntosh • Stack's 6/1960: 127 $17 • an eastern consignment • Superior Galleries 2/1976: 1445 $90.

Obverse 19. Always shows the vertical crack first seen on state II of number 24.

Reverse R. Type of 1797, style I letters: straight tail to R. Hollow segment in right bow and parts of both rib-bons attenuated. Berry below C(E) has an unusually long slanting stem; berry below E(D) is attached to leaf above; two berries are located opposite top and bottom of (N)T. CE lean right. In AMERICA, E and I lean right and C is high.

Edge: Plain edge (PE).

Die states: I. No lump at end of drapery. No reverse clash marks. Clapp 28b-Z. Struck between states V and VI of number 24.

II. Lump at end of drapery, as number 24 state VI. Reverse has at least three sets of clash marks, from 8 and drapery, at OF A. Clapp 28c-Zb.

III. Cracked from the rim below end of drapery through the date, later extending into the field left of the lowest curl. Clapp 28d-Zb.

IV. The vertical crack is heavier, extending to the rim right of v.

V. Rust over much of lower obverse. See number 26. Equivalents: Clapp 37. Sheldon 177. EAC 25. Encyclopedia 1729.

Rarity 5.

Remarks: Reported to exist overstruck, undertype not identifiable.

Condition Census:

VF-30 David Proskey • Henry C. Hines. Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr.,2/23/1992. . Eric Streiner • Thomas D. Reynolds. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

VF-25 Henry C. Hines • Homer K. Downing. 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1831 $24 • C. Douglas Smith. State III.

VF-25 James G. Macallister, 5/12/1931 • Frank Hussey • New Netherlands Coin Co. #54, 4/1960: 1401 $82.50 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 492 $160 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1974 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Chuck Furjanic • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, 7/1974 • C. Douglas Smith, 12/1976 • Denis W. Loring, 12/1977 • Myles Z. Gerson • Denis W. Loring, 11/1980 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

VF-25 Clayton L. Wallace • Stack's 12/1963: 496 $70 • C. Douglas Smith • Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. • William R. T. Smith • C. Douglas Smith • Del Bland • Dr. Philip W. Ralls.

VF-25 Carl Wurtzbach • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal, 1/12/1979 • C. Douglas Smith.

VF-20 Sharpness of VF-30 but a trifle rough. Shoreham Enterprises, Ltd., 4/1979 • John D. Wright.

VF-20 Sharpness of EF-40 but burnished. Charles J. Dupont • Slack's 9/1954: 252 $100 • Dorothy Paschal, 1972 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 250 $1,485 • Thomas D. Reynolds. State IV.

VF-20 A. C. Gies, 2/1942 • George H. Clapp • ANS. VF-20 With a large low area on reverse. Sharpness of VF-30 but reverse pitted spots. Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, 1/7/1983 • Jack H. Robinson • McLaughlin & Robinson #4360, 1/1988: 112 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 243 $935 • Thomas D. Reynolds.

F-15 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 251 $30 • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #461, 5/ 1945: 251 $10. Milton A. Holmes • Stack's 10/1960: 1411 $42 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Gordon J. Wrubel • Myles Z. Gerson • Ray Chatham • Del Bland, 1/1979 • Dr. Willard J. Carmel, Jr. • Jack H. Beymer • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 368 $1,210 • Thomas D. Reynolds. Reverse illustrated in Clapp.

F-15 Dr. William H. Sheldon, 2/14/1948 • Judge Thomas L.Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal • Eugene Exman, 12/29/ 1972 • Del Bland, 2/1973 • Jeffrey Oliphant.

F-15 Abner Kreisberg, 11/1967 • an unidentified eastern collector.

F-15 Sharpness of VF-35 but areas of porosity. Dorothy Paschal • Jack H. Beymer • Jack H. Robinson, 6/1988 • Dr. Gerald I. Maas.