Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 3. Head of 1799 ("Style II hair") from now on. Overdate, 1800/179 with trace of an uncertain digit in the final O. The original date was widely spaced with 18 close, similar to the 1799/8. Serif and comer of 7 show distinctly above the 8. BERT spaced apart, especially ER. E is repunched with a heavy notched left foot. Base of T is high. Tops of RTY are usually weak.

Reverse E. Long fraction bar slants down to the right Final 0 is high. Left foot of E(S) is missing. Bases of ME are joined. E(R) is repunched, plainest at the right upright. See Die states.

Edge: Single-flange edge (SFE) and plain edge (PE).

Die states: 1. Faint rust pits around the final O. Reverse flaws at center of the top right upright of u. Others in the left bow and below O(F), slanting up to the right.

II. Arc crack from the rim to IC, fraction bar, and 1 of the deominator.

III. Branch crack from the crack of state II to the tail of R IV. Second branch crack from the crack of state

II to base of the left upright of R. The original crack is heavier. Rim break on IC and another between (C)A and the space below the right ribbon.

Equivalents: Doughty 141. Proskey 3. McGirk 2A,2B.

Ross 4:2-0. Clapp-Newcomb 3. Sheldon 192. EAC 5. Encyclopedia 1736.

Low Rarity 3.

Condition Census:

MS-63 Wm. Fewsmith • Mason & Co. • Mason & Co. 10/1870: 824$28. William J. Jenks. Edward Cogan 4/1877: 717 $41 • George W. Merritt • Ed. Frossard 1/1879: 133 $31 • L. F. Montanye • H. G. Sampson 4/1881: 324 $22.50 • S. H. & H. Chapman • C. F. Frothingham • H. G. Sampson 5/1883: 75 $33 • Richard B. Winsor. S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1895: 864 $62.50 • Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/7/1909 • Virgil M. Brand • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 2/21/1944 $125 • Arthur C. Fritz • Rudolph Khol • Federal Coin Exchange FPL, 1952 $275 • Harold Bareford, 9/13/1985 • Herman Halpern, 12/11/ 1986 • R E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner. Obverse and reverse illustrated in the 1879 Frossard Monograph and in Noyes.

AU-55 Maj. William Boerum Wetmore • S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1906: 564 $16 • Thomas L. Elder • Virgil M. Brand, 5/1933 • George H. Clapp • ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 12/11/1986 • Herman Halpern • Slack's 3/1988: 175 $4,950. Reverse illustrated in Clapp-Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

EF-45 James G. Macallister • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #454, 1/1944: 430 $47.50 • George H. Clapp • ANS • unknown • C. Douglas Smith, 1971 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 272 $2,090. State III.

EF-40 Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 7/1924 • George H. Clapp • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Clapp-Newcomb and in Early American Cents.

VF-35 Purchased unattributed in 1/1974 at the Florida Mid-Winter convention by Chuck Furjanic • Gordon J. Wrubel • Dr. Byron M. Stuart • 1977 ANA (Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #309): 290 $200 • William R. T. Smith • Early American Coppers 1/1979: 100 $350 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 271 $825 • David Liljestrand (Dave's Coin & Stamp Co.) • David Yesnick. State I.

VF-30 With a low area from the lower neck to the drapery. Charles J. Dupont. Stack's 9/1954: 287 $140 • Dorothy Paschal • Myles Z. Gerson • Denis W. Loring • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 405 $1,485 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM), 9/1/1989 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 265 $2,640. State III.

VF-30 American Auction Association 6/1975: 167 $165 • Del Bland • Stuart A. Hodge • Dr. Philip W. Ralls • Superior Galleries 9/1993: 92.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-40 but some scratches. A Maryland consignment • New Netherlands Coin Co. #51, 6/1958: 280 $47.50 • James P. Ward • Stack's 9/1977: 510 $350. unknown • Stack's 4/1983: 1045 $425 • Richard W. Leonard • Don Valenziano, Jr. • John Sype, 4/1991 • James H. Goudge, 6/1991 • Don Valenziano, Jr. • Early American Coppers 4/1992: 110 $1,500 • Stuart "Mac" MacDonald • Heritage Numismatic Auctions 9/1997: 5141 $2,645 • W. M. "Jack" Wadlington.

VF-30 Sharpness of EF-45 but dark olive with nicks and verdigris. Purchased unattributed in 1987 by Barry Parker.

VF-30 A-Mark Coin Co. (Michael A. Graham), 3/1973 • Douglas F. Bird, 3/24/1973 • Michael Kramer. Gary Ruttenberg • M & G Auctions 8/1996: 182 $1,100.

VF-30 Sharpness of AU-55 but covered with light scratches. Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. • 1964 ANA (Federal Brand Enterprises): 75 $590 • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. #285, 9/1969: 988.