Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 19. Always with the vertical crack of the previous two varieties.

Reverse S. Type of 1795 with single terminal leaves.

Double leaf at UN and triplet at CA (two leaves hollow).Five berries left and four right. Same as 1796 reverse B.

Edge: Plain edge (PE).

Die states: I. Obverse as number 25 state IV: vertical crack extends to the rim right of Y. Clapp 28e-AA.

II. Heavier crack from lower rim to end of the drapery, angling to join the vertical crack. Clapp 28f-AA.

III. Obverse as number 25 state V: heavy rust develops in much of the lower obverse, eventually also in the upper obverse. "Comet-like" lump in the right field opposite top of the drapery. Sheldon mentioned new "subsidiary cracks" but did not describe them. (Penny Whimsy, p. 234.)

IV. The obverse has a second crack through the date, parallel to the first. Reverse cracks from rim to rim near (E)S and O(F) and from rim to right arm of (A)T in an arc to A(M) and back to rim. Extremely rare, discovered about 1957.

Equivalents: McGirk 1C, Clapp 38. Sheldon 178. EAC26.

High Rarity 5.

Remarks: Discovered by James A. Walker before 1913 and first described by Dr. Charles E. McGirk.

Usually on poor rough Coltman planchets. The condition of the obverse die partly accounts for the variety's characteristic appearance of weakness.

At least one is overstruck on an unidentifiable undertype, apparently not a cent." One is tempted to wonder if it is another Anglesey Mines token, as in number 24, and if other such overstrikes exist among numbers 24-26.

Condition Census:

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-45 but obverse is porous. James A.Walker • a Philadelphia dealer • Charles J. Dupont and then via a trade through Stack's in 1954 for the Hines S-178 to Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 4/6/1992 • C. Douglas Smith. State II. Obverse and reverse illustrated in McGirk in the June 1913 issue of The Numismatist, page 305 and in Noyes. The discovery coin for this variety.

VF-25 Property of a Philadelphia collector • Henry Chapman 3/1930: 128 $14 • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, traded by him via Stack's in 1954 for the Walker 5-178 to the Charles J. Dupont collection • Stack's 9/1954: 253 $500 • A. Kosoff • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 493 $1,400 • Denis W. Loring, 3/1975 • C. Douglas Smith, 4/6/1992 • Eric Streiner • Dr. Philip W. Ralls. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy.

F-12 Howard R. Newcomb • J. c. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 252 $50 • George H. Clapp • ANS.

VG-I0 Henry C. Hines • Homer K. Downing •1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1832 $105 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/5/1983 • Frank H. Stillinger.

VG-8 1957 ANA (Federal Coin Exchange): 856 $190 • Dorothy Paschal.

VG-8 Dr. Jasper Robertson • French's #90, 3/1967: 546 $135.50 • Jackson C. Storm, 7/31/1984 • Denis W. Loring, 9/1984 • Dr. Philip W. Ralls, 4/24/1994 • Daniel W. Holmes, Jr.

VG-7 Sharpness ofVF-30 but porous. Stack's, privately • Dr. Hiram T. Ward • Fred H. Borcherdt.

VG-7 Sharpness of VG-10 but some minute corrosion. From England • Philip Wagner, 6/1974 • John D. Wright.

VG-7 Purchased unattributed by Jim McGuigan, 1/ 24/1984 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 369 $3,520 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 244 $3,190 • Steven K. Ellsworth. State III.

VG-7 Sharpness of F-15 but porous. A Pennsylvania consignment • New Netherlands Coin Co. #57, 12/1963: 24 $310 • R. E. Werner • Lester Merkin 3/1969: 658 $270 • Eugene Exman • Darwin B. Palmer, Jr., 1973 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 251 $1,100 • Lillian Willins.

G-6 Sharpness of F-12 but porous. Purchased unattributed on 3/29/1951 from Gimbel's Coin Department (Robert Friedberg, New York City) by C. Douglas Smith • Thos. P. Warfield • Associated Coin Auction Co. 10/1955: 287 $55 • Dr. Charles L. Ruby, 12/1972 • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. • Superior Galleries 2/1974: 520 $600 • Philip Van Cleave • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #340, 1/986: 5194 $330 • Dr. Philip W. Ralls, 3/21/1987 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 102 $825 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).

G-6 Sharpness of F-12 but porous. Christian M. Petersen • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #199, 9/1955: 760 $130 • Hollinbeck Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #214, 10/1957: 267 $147.50 • Glen Wallace • A. Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974: 870 $190 • William R. T. Smith. Jack H. Beymer. Jack H. Robinson, 6/11/1988 • John R. Frankenfield.