Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 10. The date has 8 minutely below 1 and 0. IB are close, ER and TY are farther apart than usual. Point of curl is below the center of B.

Reverse J.

Die states: I. No obverse clash marks. Extremely rare. II. Clash marks from leaves below the chin, none at RTY. Very rare.

III. Clash marks from 100 at RTY. Newcomb 9-Hc.

IV. Failure develops at RTY. Newcomb 9b-Hc.

V. Rim break on TY, touching all of T and the left arm of Y. Extra clash marks from leaves before the face and below the chin, and from 10 and fraction bar at R. Reverse has at least 14 sets of clash marks in the wreath. Later strikings show axial misalignment, the weak areas at end of the drapery and at OF. McGirk 20A. Newcomb 9c-Hc. Discovered by A. C. Gies. See Remarks.

VI. Arc crack from the right rim into the field before neck. Extremely rare. Newcomb 9d-Hc.

VII. The crack of state VI becomes heavy before the neck and arcs down through the neck very faintly into the field behind the head. Reverse cracked from the rim between ES, through the right branch, and through I(c) to rim. A bulge develops below the crack. Extremely rare.

Newcomb 9e-Hd.

Equivalents: Proskey 15. Doughty 178. McGirk 8A, 8B, 20A. Ross 11-k. Newcomb 13. Sheldon 235. EAC 13. Encyclopedia 1749.

High Rarity 3.

Remarks: The state V coin in the ANS occupies a box marked Newcomb 9b-Hc.

Jack H. Robinson had one (lot 514 in the sale of his collection) with a mint clip affecting the border above ER(T).

Condition Census:

MS-65 Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 27 $29 • Elmer S. Sears • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 370 $95 • T. James Clarke, 1950 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint). Obverse illustrated in Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes. Newcomb often exhibited this coin along with his MS-65 S-234 as "just a pair of 1802 cents."

MS-62 Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 385 $310 • Harold Bareford, 9/13/1985 • Herman Halpern • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner • C. Douglas Smith. State III.

AU-55 With blunt striking on both sides. John P. Lyman • S. H. Chapman 11/1913: 422 $6 • Henry Chapman • Henry Chapman 6/1914: 1813 $17.50 • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1945 • George H. Clapp • ANS.

AU-55 Peter Mougey • William H. Woodin • Thomas L. Elder #43, 9/1910: 51 $11 • Joseph c. Mitchelson • unknown. B. Max Mehl #73, 4/1926: 374 $19.50 • Frank Hussey. New Netherlands Coin Co. #54, 4/1960: 1429 $110 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 551 $400 • A-Mark Coin Co. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. • First Coinvestors • Pine Tree Auction Co. 2/1975: 744 $550 • Jeffrey Oliphant.

AU-55 B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 4/ 1933 • George H. Clapp • ANS • (no longer in ANS collection). State III.

AU-50 Dr. James O. Sloss, 9/1958 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 71 $500.

EF-45 Burdette G. Johnson (formerly St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • Charles Green (R. Green), 1/20/1950 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 119 • Anthony Terranova.

EF-45 Sharpness of AU-55 but a spot of corrosion removed; cleaned and recolored. Dr. George P. French, privately • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1950 • T. James Clarke, 10/1954 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 4/1956: 85 $400 • Mrs. R. Henry Norweb • Bowers and Merena 11/1988: 2809 $1,100 • Kenneth M. Goldman • 1989 ANA (Bowers and Merena): 1168 $1,320 • Anthony Terranova • Superior Galleries 2/1991: 738 $1,045. Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM). Obverse and reverse illustrated in Newcomb.

EF-45 With a low area above the shoulder. Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 368 $37.50 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill. New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal, 1972 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 348 $1,045 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1987: 150 $990 • Robert E. Matthews • Superior Galleries 5/1989: 420 $1,155 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 329 $2,200 • Wes A. Rasmussen. State II.

EF-40 Robert J. Kissner • Stack's 6/1975: 352 $170 • C. Douglas Smith.

EF-40 Henry C. Hines • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1912 $18 • Harold Bareford • Stack's 9/1978: 587 $650 • unknown • Stack's 4/1983: 1051 $525 • Harry J. Rescigno (American Rose Rare Coins), 8/18/1984 • Frank H. Stillinger.

EF-40 Milton LeRoy Ritter • Mayflower Coin Auctions 5/1973: 87 $120 • Kenneth M. Goldman, 5/1973 • Denis W. Loring, 8/1984 • C. Douglas Smith • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 213 $1,320 • Dr. Harry Salyards.

EF-40 Virgil M. Brand • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately • C. Douglas Smith.

VF-35 Sharpness of EF-45 but surfaces not perfectly smooth; obverse cleaned and recolored. Elmer S. Sears, 1/1927 • George H. Clapp • ANS.

VF-35 Purchased in 4/1994 by Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM).

VF-35 Dr. James O. Sloss, 9/1958 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 72 $90.

VF-35 Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 7/1924 • George H. Clapp, 1945 • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal. New Netherlands Coin Co. #50, 12/1957: 1195 $82.50 • Allen E. McDowell.

VF-35 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 369 $9.50 • Barney Bluestone.