Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 16. L is low, LI are close, and Y is low. Spacing between digits is successively wider. This obverse is usually recognized by the pattern of clash marks.

Reverse T. ME are repunched, plainest at top of the left upright and inner right upright of M, and at the right top of Ej in later states the recutting fades. F is heavy and apparently recut. Similar to reverse U, but the berry below C has its stem almost vertical (slanting down minutely to the left), whereas in reverse U, this berry has a heavier stem slanting down to the right and F is normal. Similar to reverse H, but the berry right of (N)T is of normal size (tiny and weak on reverse H).

Edge: Plain edge (PE). Die states: I. Perfect dies.

II. Obverse is beginning to fail at RTY and right.

III. Clash marks from the dentils through BER and above TY, and from the tops of ERIC in the upper right field.

IV. Cracked in the field right of Y. At least seven new sets of clash marks, notably from IC above the crack.

V. Clash marks from the drapery. Crack joins bases of so.

VI. Additional clash marks before the face. Advancing failure at the right rim with the dentils blurred.

VII. Additional clash marks from RIC in the right field and from ribbons, stems, fraction, etc., below BERTY. Nar-row rim break before the face.

VIII. Heavy wedge-shaped rim break right of the face, touching the clash marks from ic,

Equivalents: Proskey 15. Doughty 153. McGirk 4C.

Clapp-Newcomb 17. Sheldon 204. EAC 14. Encyclopedia 1737.

High Rarity 3.

Remarks: Clapp described this reverse as a twin to reverse H of number 9. The differences outweigh the resemblances.

Condition Census:

AU-55 John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 96 $3,800 • un-known • Auction USA3/1991: 14 $4,950 • Jim McGuigan and Stephen Fischer. Obverse illustrated in Noyes.

AU-50 Fred Florence • Quality Sales Corp. 6/1968: 73 $1,000 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Dennis Mendelson • Thomas D. Reynolds. State V. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

AU-50 Stuart A. Levine.

AU-50 From England• William P. Paul (American Heritage Minting), 2/2/1995 • Donald H. Kagin (Marin Numismatics) and Andrew P. Lustig • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 1042 • Donald H. Kagin (Marin Nu-mismatics) and Andrew P. Lustig, 2/1996 • Anthony Terranova and Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) • W. M. 'Jack" Wadlington.

AU-50 From England • William P. Paul (American Heritage Minting), 2/2/1995 • Donald H. Kagin (Marin Numismatics) and Andrew P. Lustig, 2/1996 • Anthony Terranova and Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) • Walter Husak and Jack Schultz, 10/1996 • Walter Husak.

AU-50 Purchased unattributed in 6/1957 from an upstate New York collection by Raymond Gallo, 3/1959 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 519 $650 • Richard Picker.

EF-45 J. Paul Scheetz, 8/1976 • Del Bland • Jerry A. Bobbe • William R. T. Smith • Douglas F. Bird • Gary Ruttenberg • M & G Auctions 8/1996: 196 $6,600. State VII.

EF-40 Wayte Raymond, 11/1921 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Clapp-Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

VF-30 A New England museum • Stack's 10/1988: 473 $770. Martin Paul (The Rarities Group), 10/1988 • Don Valenziano, Jr. • Thomas D. Reynolds • Early American Coppers 4/1994: 262 $2,000 • Wes A. Rasmussen.

VF-25 Hillyer Ryder, 5/1945 • Wayte Raymond • Lillian J. Seiler, 1957 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal.

VF-25 Numisco Sales • Robert Schick •Superior Galleries 2/1992: 911 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 284 $880 • Thomas D. Reynolds.

VF-25 Paramount International Coin Corp. 2/1965: 985 $210.

VF-20 H. Jones, 6/1971 • John D. Wright.

VF-20 David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal, 7/20/1972 • R. Tettenhorst.

VF-20 George Ramont, 8/8/1971 • an unidentified eastern collector.

VF-20 Eugene Exman, 8/1972 • Dr. Dane B. Nielsen, 4/1979 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

VF-20 Consignment E California • Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. #78, 12/1949: 1011 $7.20 • C. Douglas Smith, 1971 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 298 $577.50 • Dr. Bruce Reinoehl. State VIII.

VF-20 George Ramont.