Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 6. IB are extremely close and bases of RT are high. Close date with 03 closer and 3 touching drapery.

Reverse K. Very wide denominator with a die chip on the right side of the final o. A long die scratch extends end of the right stem. Outer berry at E(D) is stemless and joins the leaf at D.

Die states: I. No cracks. Very rare.

II. Reverse has a faint arc crack from rim above S through ST, below AT, up through s, and to the rim. "Newcomb 7-Jb."

III. Faint crack from rim right of 3 slants up to the drapery. Newcomb 7b-Jb.

IV. At least 11 sets of clash marks near the hair ribbon and before the throat. Reverse cracked from the rim between D S through the wreath, top left leaf, and (E)S to rim. Another crack through the tops of ITED to the first crack. A third from the rim to the top of E(S). Double clash marks from the drapery below TES to o. At least four sets of clash marks from the bust below F. Newcomb 7b-Jc.

Later the die is failing at S(T), the arc crack at STATE is heavy, and the clash marks are fading out. Newcomb 7b-Jd.

VI. Rim break on 180 extends along dentils far to the left, beyond the lowest curl. Die failing at the crack of state III.

Reverse arc crack at STATE heavier still, especially at STA.

Newcomb 7c-Jd. Very rare. A later state may exist with a rim break at STATE.

Equivalents: Proskey 5. Doughty 183. McGirk SA, 5B, 5C.

Ross 5:3-E. Newcomb 11. Sheldon 253. EAC 12. Encyclopedia 1754.

High Rarity 2.

V. Chip from the die where the crack emerges from D.

Condition Census:

MS-61 Stack's FPL, 1977 $2,150 • Andrew M. Hain • Dennis E. Steinmetz (Steinmetz Coins & Currency) • 1980 ANA (Steve Ivy Numismatic Auctions): 961 $10,500 • Stanley Kesselman • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 12/11/1986 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 233 $4,400 • Rare Coin Company of America • Auction '89 (Rare Coin Company of America): 12 $4,125.

MS-60 Carl Wurtzbach • Charles Wheeler • 1976 ANA (Stack's): 355 $2,600 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/ 1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint) • unknown • Superior Stamp & Coin 9/1997: 64 $22,000. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

AU-55 From Florida • Walter F. Webb #79, 5/1949: 10 • Homer K. Downing • 1952 ANA (New Netherlands Coin Co. #38): 1945 $130 • Elliot Landau. New Netherlands Coin Co. #52, 12/1958: 121 $460 • Emanuel Taylor, 10/1960 • R E. Naftzger, Jr., 3 /1977 • C. Douglas Smith. State IV. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy.

AU-55 Carl Wurtzbach, 1919 • Virgil M. Brand • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 1/14/1952 • C. Douglas Smith • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz • Jack H. Beymer • 1982 ANA (Steve Ivy Numismatic Auctions): 1513 $1,540.

AU-50 Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 571 $400 • A-Mark Coin Co. • Superior Stamp & Coin Co. • Pine Tree Auction Co. 2/1975: 760 $525.

AU-50 Frederick Weber • Denis W. Loring • Dr. Philip W. Ralls • Del Bland • Kevin Pullin.

AU-50 James G. Macallister • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #454, 1/1944: 436 • George H. Clapp, Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents.

EF-45 Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 438 $85 • Dorothy Nelson • Stack's 2/1976: 72 $440 • C. Douglas Smith • R E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner.

EF-45 Sharpness of AU-55 but two reverse edge cuts. B. Max Mehl, 11/1922 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State V. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Newcomb. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents.

EF-45 Sheraton Coin Co. • 1947 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #40): 872 $14 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Del Bland=Dr. Dane B. Nielsen, 4/22/1972 • Jeffrey M. Peck, 3/26/ 1975 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner, 4/23/1992 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

EF-45 W. W. C. Wilson • Wayte Raymond for The Anderson Galleries #1996, 11/1925: 217 $47 • Howard R Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 422 $33.