Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 14. See Die states.

Reverse M. Stemless wreath. Double fraction bar.

Part of an extra s is visible below (E)S. 0 is below F. Top right berry has an unusually long stem and this berry touches the tip of the adjacent leaf.

Die states: 1. Additional obverse clash marks from MERIC near the right rim. Multiple clash marks from leaves below the ribbon and before the throat. Tops of MERIC are weaker than other details (repolished to remove clash marks from dentils of 1803 obverse 1). Newcomb 14-L.

II. Obverse clash marks mostly polished off. Reverse cracked from the rim near A(M) to right top of F, later to the rim above o. Newcomb 14-Lb.

III. Cracked from the rim to the right top of (A)T.

IV. New obverse clash marks from leaves near the ribbon and below the chin. Reverse rim break on F, extending from above the right side of 0 to the left side of A(M). Hairline cracks: near top of 0 to top of F; rim above E(S) to right arm of (A)T, branching through the lower left serif of E(S) to lower leaf tip of terminal pair (below final s): and from rim between D S to the leaf below S(T). Newcomb 14-Lc.

V. Reverse rim break over TATE, on entire top of (A)T. Newcomb 14-Ld.

Equivalents: Proskey 3. Doughty 166. McGirk 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D. Ross 3-C. Newcomb 19. Sheldon 241. EAC 20.

Encyclopedia 1746.

High Rarity 1.

Remarks: Struck after 1803 number 1.

Frossard's Monograph (Ed. Frossard, United States Cents and Half Cents, Irvington, NY: the author, 1879. p. 27. Frossard mentions the following varieties of 1802: 1.Altered date. 2. 1/000, perfect die. 3. 1/000, cracked die. 4. Stemless wreath. 5. 1/000 with one stem to wreath. 6. 1/000 stemless wreath. Only numbers 2, 3, and 4 apply.) and Scott's Catalogue, (Edition not specified.) both mention a variety with only one stem to wreath (like the 1801 Three Errors). Others early in this century repeatedly reported specimens with corrected fraction. No such coins are known.

Condition Census:

MS-61 Henry C. Hines • Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 387 $77.50 • Leonard M. Holland • Pennypacker Auction Centre, 5/1959 $155 • Louis Helfenstein • Lester Merkin 8/1964: 29 $850 • Stack's • Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 151 $700 • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • C. Douglas Smith,3/30/1992. Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 124. Reverse illustrated in Newcomb. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents, in Penny Whimsy, and in Noyes.

AU-55 Garry Fitzgerald • C. Douglas Smith. Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • C. Douglas Smith • Charles E. Harrison • Douglas F. Bird, 6/7/1992 • Jay Parrino (The Mint) - Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 1049 – Anthony Terranova • Dr. Eugene Sherman • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 9/1997: 60 $6,600 • Anthony Terranova • Michael ''Mickey'' Arconti.

AU-55 Lorin G. Parmelee • New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890: 799 $9 • John G. Mills • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1904: 1263 $5.50 • George H. Earle, Jr .• Henry Chapman 6/1912: 3422 $15 • William Hesslein • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Early American Coppers 4/1989: 135 $4,000 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. 1/1996: 336 $2,310 • Anthony Terranova. State II. Obverse illustrated in Newcomb.

AU-55 A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd. (London) • New Netherlands Coin Co. #56, 6/1962: 508 $290 • Richard Picker • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 557 $1,100 • Gordon J. Wrubel • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Mike Weber • Ronald Cooper. unknown • Stack's 5/1990: 103 $5,500 • Douglas F. Bird, 1/1995. Walter Husak.

AU-55 Carl Wurtzbach • Barney Bluestone #76, 4/ 1943: 1686 $35 • Barney Bluestone, privately. Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal • Ellen Enzler • Numismatic and Antiquarian Service Corporation of America 12/1978: 2641 not sold • Ellen Enzler • Dr. Dane B. Nielsen • Myles Z. Gerson • Bertram Cohen, 3/20/1987 • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, 12/1987 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner, 3/30/1992 • C. Douglas Smith. State I.

AU-50 Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr .• Bowers and Melena 5/1996: 518 $4,070 • W. M. "Jack" Wadlington.

AU-50 Dr. James O. Sloss, 9/1958 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 74 $84 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr .• A. Kosoff 10/1961: 285 $135.

AU-50 Arthur C. Fritz • Rudolph Khol • Federal Coin Exchange FPL, 1952 $80 • 1954 ANA (Federal Coin Exchange): 1023 $67.50.

AU-50 Dr. Donald B. Moore.

AU-50 Purchased in 8/1891 from F. W. Lincoln (W. S. Lincoln & Son, London) by Benjamin H. Collins • Ed. Frossard #144, 3/1897: 646 $12.50 • Charles H. Deetz • Stack's 11/1946: 1801 $55.

AU-50 William Sleicher • S. H. Chapman 10/1919: 977 $10.50.

AU-50 New England Rare Coin Auctions 5/1977: 36 $375