Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 8.

Reverse 1. Point of leaf at upright of D. UNITED irregular with most letters leaning left, the bases of TED appearing successively lower. Perfectly formed NS. Bases of ME are joined, All TS have broken right feet. C(E) partly buried in a leaf. Right edge of the left ribbon is recut.

Die states: I. The rim break below 18 is now about in line with the tips of neighboring dentils. A three-dentil break appears below 02. Newcomb 7d-G.

II. Bulge at end of the drapery. The rim break below 18 is wedge shaped, slightly taller at the right end, cracking further in the field below 1. Reverse has at least six sets of widely displaced clash marks from the forelock and profile. The ANS coin is labeled "Newcomb 7d+-G" on George Clapp's box.

III. Rim break below 18 is larger and rounded at the top (rather than wedge shaped), the new crack extending below 18. Rim break below 02 is now in line with tips of neighboring dentils. Reverse is cracked from the left upright of U, through the left ribbon to the knot, narrowly missing the left stem end. Newcomb 7e-Gb.

IV. Reverse is cracked from the rim above O(F) through 0, outer berries below F and R, through I(C) to the rim. Newcomb 7e-Gc. Discovered by Dr. C. E. McGirk.

V. Reverse is faintly cracked from the rim through the right arm of (A)T, a leaf, and (N)E to the crack of state

IV. Newcomb 7e-Gd.

VI. Die sinking inside the crack of state IV obliterates AME and leaves.

Equivalents: Proskey 4. Doughty 167. McGirk 9A, 9B. Ross 4-D. Newcomb 11. Sheldon 233. EAC 11. Encyclopedia 1747. High Rarity 2.

Remarks: McGirk 9B (our state IV) was first described from one in the collection of Dr. S. T. Millard.

Condition Census:

AU-55 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 362 $42.50 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr.,2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 3/30/1992 • C. Douglas Smith. State II. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

AU-55 Sharpness of Mint State but a couple edge dents and scratches. Ben Mayer • Robert Walcott, 3/1981 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

AU-50 A.J. Brown, 8/1937. George H. Clapp. ANS. State I.

AU-50 James G. Macallister, 3/1929 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State II.

EF-40 Milton LeRoy Ritter • Mayflower Coin Auctions 5/1973: 86 $100 • Denis W. Loring • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992. Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 116 $462 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).

EF-40 Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B.MaxMehl FPL, 1929: 273 $25 • California Stamp Co. 11/1930: 281 • Christian M. Petersen • Hollinbeck Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #113, 1/1952: 893 $31 • Hollinbeck Coin Co. • Hollinbeck Coin Co. #176, 3/1954: 554.

EF-40 Harold W.Cuddy, Sr.

VF-35 Sharpness of Mint State but some corrosion and pitting. Dr. William H. Sheldon • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal, 1972 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 344 $330 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co, 1/1996: 327 $418 • Chris Vidor-McCawley (CVM).

VF-35 Stack's 12/1984: 621 $374 • Sal Bonito. Early American Coppers 4/1985: 243 $500 • John Sype.

VF-35 From England • William P. Paul (American Heritage Minting) FPL #7, 1988 • C. Douglas Smith • Roxanne Greenstein.

VF-35 Purchased unattributed in 8/1990 at the ANA convention by Bowers and Merena Galleries.

VF-30 Christian M. Petersen • Hollinbeck Coin Co., privately 12/21/1956 • Harold Bareford, 9/13/1985 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 210 $605 • Frank H. Stillinger.

VF-30 Milton A. Holmes • Stack's 10/1960: 1426 $95 • C. Douglas Smith • Robert J. Kissner • Stack's 6/1975: 350 $310 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 117 $1,155.

VF-30 Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 147 $90 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 549 $110.

VF-30 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 364 $13 • Barney Bluestone • John A. Schreuder, 4/1910 • Del Bland, 10/1970 • Dr. Dane B. Nielsen, 2/1973 • Del Bland, 2/1973 • Jeffrey Oliphant. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Newcomb.

VF-30 Thomas D. Reynolds, 2/1988 • Dr. Harry Salyards • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) • Superior Galleries 2/1991: 737 $418 • Wes A. Rasmussen.

VF-30 John Cobb 4/1967: 703.

VF-30 Kenneth W. Lee • R. E. Naftzger, Jr.