Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 9.

Reverse J.

Die states: 1. Gash marks from the dentils above ERTY and faintly from the leaves below the chin Newcomb 9-F.

II. Narrow rim break above IB (centering may not permit this to show). Clash marks from the dentils through LIBERTY, plainest through ERT. Axial misalignment: weak at the face, end of drapery, and at OF. Reverse clash marks from IBER appear below the fraction and left ribbon. Newcomb 9b-F.

III. Rim break is heavier, protruding into the field above IB. Lump (die chip) atop upright of R. Reverse clash marks are fading with rust at the lower left. Cracked through the tops of NIT. Newcomb 9c-F.

IV. Reverse rim break on NIT, touching the comer of E. Extremely rare. (Penny Whimsy, p. 340. Two known, Dr. Harry Salyards and John D. Wright collections.)

Equivalents: Proskey 7. Doughty 162. McGirk 3D. Newcomb 10. Sheldon 222. EAC 15. Encyclopedia 1741.

High Rarity 1.

Condition Census:

MS-61 Carl Wurtzbach, 1919 • Virgil M. Brand • Henry C. Hines • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill, 1947 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/ 23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Dennis Mendelson. Thomas D. Reynolds. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents, in Penny Whimsy, and in Noyes.

MS-60 With some weak striking. Lorin G. Parmelee. New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890: 791 $34 • W. H. Spedding • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1894: 805 $15.50 • George H. Earle, Jr. • Henry Chapman 6/1912: 3419 $50 • Rev. William H. Owen, Jr. • unknown • seen in a California jewelry store in May 1998 • In his catalogue of the Earle Collection, Henry Chapman called this coin "the finest cent of this year I have ever seen."

MS-60 Some weak striking. George W. Merritt. Ed. Frossard 1/1879: 136 • C. F. Frothingham • H. G. Sampson 5/1883: 77$26 James B. Wilson Thomas L. Elder #21, 10/1908: 1009 $25 • Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 25 $42 • Elmer S. Sears • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 329 $110 • Leonard M. Holland • Pennypacker Auction Centre, 5/1959 $130 • Louis Helfenstein • Lester Merkin 8/1964: 21 $900 • Richard Picker • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 535 $900 • Rare Coin Company of America • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • C. Douglas Smith • William R. T. Smith • Myles Z. Gerson • Bertram Cohen,5/1983 • Denis W. Loring, 5/1985 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 194 $5,500. State II. Obverse and reverse illustrated in the 1879 Frossard monograph. Obverse illustrated in Newcomb.

AU-55 From England • Lester Merkin, 5/15/1965 • C. Douglas Smith, 1971 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 911986: 328 $2,420 • Dr. Philip W. Ralls. State 1.

AU-50 With blunt striking on drapery at end of the bust and on the upper right wreath. Henry C. Hines • unknown • Federal Coin Exchange 10/1955: 1165 $42.50 • unknown. Stuart A. Levine s Heritage Numismatic Auctions 10/1995: 5673 not sold • Stuart A. Levine.

EF-45 Henry Chapman, via Miss Ella Wright, 11/27/1937 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal, 1977 • William R. T. Smith • Fred H. Borcherdt.

EF-45 Larry Whitlow (Ford City Coins & Stamps, Ltd.), 11/1975 • C. Douglas Smith - Del Bland • Gene Henry.

EF-45 Weakly struck on forelock. Sheraton Coin Co. • 1947 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #40): 860 $30 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Lillian Willins • Douglas F. Bird, 2/4/1993 • Robert W. Everett (Classical American Coins).

EF-45 Bowers and Merena 9/1990: 20 $1,925.

EF-40 Del Bland.

EF-40 Sharpness of EF-45 but microscopic hairline scratches. Harry H. King • New Netherlands Coin Co. #48, 11/1956: 389 $29 • Robert J. Kissner • Stack's 6/1975: 339 $270 • C. Douglas Smith • William R. T. Smith • Douglas F. Bird • Gary Ruttenberg, 10/1/1990 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 309 $1,265. State II.

EF-40 With some blunt striking. Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1889 $25 • C. Douglas Smith • Darwin B. Palmer, Jr. • Gordon J. Wrubel • C. Douglas Smith • Anthony Terranova • Thomas D. Reynolds.

EF-40 Lester Merkin 10/1966: 112 $150 • C. Douglas Smith.

EF-40 J. Stanley Seeman » Stack's 2/1970: 38 $70.

EF-40 Henry C. Hines. Reverse illustrated in Newcomb.