Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 13. LIBERTY well to the right. LIB are very close and BERTY are more widely spaced. Point of curl below center of upright of B.

Reverse K. Five berries left and four right, with none opposite (N)T.

Die states: I. No obverse crack. Heavy double clash marks from leaves below the ribbon and before the throat.

Reverse cracked as in number 17 state V. Additional blurry clash marks from dentils near fraction. Extremely rare.

II. No obverse crack. Reverse is cracked from the rim to left ribbon end, stem, left bow, and E(N), to the right top of N(E). Rare.

III. Nearly straight obverse crack from the rim right of the date through drapery and bust, right field, later to the rim opposite the eye. Newcomb 13b-Kd.

IV. Obverse clash marks from AMERICA on right border. Heavy reverse clash marks from dentils through AMERICA.

Probably rare.

Equivalents: Proskey 13. Doughty 176. McGirk 15A, 15B,15C. Ross 9-1. Newcomb 18. Sheldon 240. EAC 18.

Encyclopedia 1749.

High Rarity 3.

Remarks: Late states show axial misalignment with the weak areas at end of drapery and OF. The location of clash marks at state IV indicates that the obverse had become loose, clashed in that position, and then been repositioned. A later state may exist showing severe breakage at the right obverse or reverse.

Condition Census:

AU-50 From England • New Netherlands Coin Co., via John J. Ford, Jr., 10/8/1970 • C. Douglas Smith. State II. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

EF-40 James G. Macallister • Milton A. Holmes • Stack's 10/1960: 1429 $270 • Willard C. Blaisdell, 2/1975 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 1/1994. Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) • Early American Coppers 4/1994:281 $5,400 • Frank H. Stillinger. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

VF-35 Harold E. Whiteneck, 10/1957 • C. Douglas Smith, 2/1958 • Dorothy Paschal. Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 123 • Anthony Terranova.

VF-30 Robert F. Batchelder. Dr. Lawrence A. Matternes • Lester Merkin 10/1973: 327 $150 • C. Douglas Smith, 10/1981 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

VF-30 David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal, 12/18/1977 • Frank Simon • Jack Collins, 1978 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr.• Superior Galleries 9/1986: 357 $1,100 • C. Douglas Smith. State IV. Obverse illustrated in Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

VF-30 Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1948 • Adm. Worthington S. Bitler, 8/1960 • A. Kosoff, 4/ 1961 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 556 $80 • Melvin L. Robinson • William Peterson (Cincinnati Coin Exchange).

VF-25CharlesE.Clapp, Sr., 3/1921. George H. Oapp • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Newcomb.

VF-25 Ike Malinger • Denis W. Loring, 1979 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 356 $528 • Dr. Ralph W. Rucker.

VF-25 James F. Ruddy, 5/12/1970 • an unidentified eastern collector.

VF-25 Beacon Hill Coin Co., 8/1964 • Herbert A.Silberman, 11/1977 • Chuck Furjanic.

VF-25 Robert Cohen • J. J. Teaparty,. 3/1985 • John Darmanin.

VF-25 Sharpness of EF-40 but some porosity and dents. George Maroskos • John A. Obey • Thomas D. Reynolds • Bowers and Merena 11/1994: 2054 $412.50 • Walter Husak.

VF-25 An old-time collection • Bowers and Merena 6/1991: 618 $605 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM), 9/23/1991 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 335 $1,980 • Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) FPL#52, 11-12/1996 $2,750.

VF-25 Paul Munson • Gordon J. Wrubel.