Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Group II: 5-12

Blundered, Bashed, and Beautified.

Obverse 4. In the date the Is are blunt and 01 is above 18.Base of L extends unusually far to the left. LIB are very close with bases of IB almost touching. (On worn or rough coins, these serifs may not show.) R is slightly low. Broken Y is repaired, looking almost normal. Delicate die scratch in the hair, "parallel to the locks brushed back to the bow,"!

Reverse C. Corrected Fraction. In the denominator, the 1 was corrected from a 0: 1/100 over 1/000.

Die states: 1. Perfect dies.

II. Traces of at least nine sets of clash marks before the face and throat. Newcomb 8-E.

III. Obverse clash marks are mostly faded out. Reverse has a narrow rim break above F A. Newcomb 8-Eb.

IV. Narrow rim breaks above AME.

V. Retained cud on STA with rim breaks above STA OF AME (discontinuous above left serifs of F and M). Centering or blurred dentils may not permit these rim breaks to show.

VI. Heavy rim break on STA, touching the entire top of T. Newcomb 8-Ec. McGirk 2B.

Equivalents: Proskey 4. Doughty 159. McGirk 2A, 2B. Newcomb 9. Sheldon 221. EAC 5. Encyclopedia 1743.

Low Rarity 2.

Remarks: Newcomb believed this variety followed the next, mistaking the sharper details (including the die scratch in the hair) for repairs: "sharpened and remade."

Condition Census:

MS-63 Joseph F. Carabin • A. Kosoff, 12/18/1956 • R.E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 6/4/1992 • Jay Parrino (The Mint), 4/16/1996 • W. M. "Jack" Wadlington. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-60 Virgil M. Brand • Carl Wurtzbach • Charles R.Mathewson • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973:

534 $1,700 • Rare Coin Company of America • Dennis Forgue. Thomas E. Werner, 8/1984 Denis W. Loring, 9/1984 • a collector. State II.

MS-60 Purchased in 8/1891 from F. W. Lincoln (W. S. Lincoln & Son, London) by Benjamin H. Collins, 1/30/1919 • Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 24 $115 • Elmer S. Sears • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 211945: 326 $160 • Leonard M. Holland • Pennypacker Auction Centre, 5/1959 $330 • Louis Helfenstein • Lester Merkin 8/1964: 20 $2,300 • Gene Reale. Sotheby's (New York) #7083, 1/1998: 32 $12,650 • John B. MacDonald. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Newcomb and in Penny Whimsy. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents.

AU-50 Gilbert D. Kingman • S. H. Chapman 2/1920: 443 $30 • unknown • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Charles R. Mathewson, 1955 • Copley Coin Co., 6/27/1955 • C. Douglas Smith, 1971 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 326 $2,860 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 12/ 11/1986 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 193 $2,420 • John R. Frankenfield. State II.

AU-50 Dr. Jasper Robertson • French's #90, 3/1967: 554$1,600. Dr. Jasper Robertson • French's#91, 11/1967: 468 $360.

EF-40 Consignment V. A. L. • Stack's 2/1980: 729 $725 • John R. "Bob" Grellman, Jr. • Jim McGuigan • Jack Borckardt (Fort Findlay Enterprises) • Fred H. Borcherdt • Robert E. Matthews (Matthews Money Tree Co.) • Del Bland, 8/1983 • Jeffrey Oliphant.

EF-40 Milton A. Holmes • Slack's 10/1960: 1421 $105 • Richard Picker • Mrs. R. Henry Norweb • Bowers and Merena 11/1988: 2797 $1,320 • Jerry A. Bobbe.

EF-40 A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • New Netherlands Coin Co. #56, 6/1962: 503 $450 • William E. Florence.

EF-40 Abner Kreisberg 9/1967: 392 $500.

EF-40 T. James Clarke, 12/1954 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 4/1956: 75 $160 • Stack's.

VF-35 Charles 1. Bushnell. Lorin G. Parmelee • S. H. & H.Chapman 6/1882: 2644 $2.10 • S. H. & H. Chapman • Thomas Warner • S. H. & H Chapman 6/1884: 3013 $7 • Richard B. Winsor • S. H &H Chapman 12/1895: 872$6.50 • S. H. & H. Chapman • unknown • Rare Coin Company of America • Stack's 12/1993: 1105 $1,760 • Delaware Valley Rare Coin Co., FPL 2/28/1994 $2,350 • Henry T. Hettger.

VF-35 Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #308, 10/1976: 789 $800 • unknown • Superior Galleries 10/1977: 173 $375 • William R. T. Smith • Douglas F. Bird • McLaughlin & Robinson #4160, 9/1986: 347 $1,404 • Douglas F. Bird • Michael Kramer 10/1987 • Gary Ruttenberg • M & G Auctions 8/1996: 209 $2,090 • Wes A. Rasmussen.

VF-35 Elmer S. Sears, 11/1922 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State II.

VF-35 A. J. Fink FPL 12/1948 as "Unc."

VF-35 The United States Coin Co. 6/1916: 528 $28 • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 325 $30.