Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 9. Gap between dentils about 8:30. (On most other obverse dies from 1802 on, two dentils are squeezed together at this point.) E is low and close to R. Corner of 3 just touches the drapery and 1 leans right more than does 8.

Reverse M. Fraction bar skewed left. AT almost touch. Long spine from right stem end to final A. Base of A is minutely below M. Spur from dentil between UN and smaller spurs from dentils near STA. TS have broken right feet, that at T(A) less so than the rest.

Die states: I. Perfect dies. "Newcomb 10-1."

II. Reverse cracked from the rim through D, wreath, and right foot of E(S), to the rim between ES. Newcomb 10-Lb.

Ill, Obverse has clash marks from leaves above the hair ribbon. Cracked from the rim to base of 8, later extending in an arc through 8, to drapery, and to the rim at right.

Newcomb 10b-Lb.

IV. Obverse has additional clash marks from leaves below the hair ribbon. Reverse crack from rim through O(F) joins terminal leaves. Bulge beginning at TA. Newcomb 10b-Lc.

V. Buckling in the right obverse field. Reverse rim break on (S)T. Crack from rim between AM to wreath near (N)E. The long spine from stem end is fading out. Clash marks from hair within the wreath. Newcomb 10b-Ld.

VI. Advanced buckling behind ribbon, before face, and at OF.

Equivalents: Proskey 10. Doughty 188. McGirk 8A, 12A. Ross 10:7-J. Newcomb 14. Sheldon 256. EAC 15. Encyclopedia 1754.

Rarity 3.

Condition Census:

MS-63 Abner Kreisberg, 8/1958 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-61 Stack's 5/1975: 565 $2,100 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner. Reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-60 David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 574 $1,600 • Julian Leidman, 4/1974 • C. Douglas Smith. State IV.

AU-50 Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 3/1921 • George H. Clapp • ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal • C. Douglas Smith • Chuck Furjanic • Gordon J. Wrubel, 8/1974 • Denis W. Loring, 12/9/1983 • C. Douglas Smith • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 238 $1,650.

Obverse illustrated in Newcomb.

EF-45 Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 2/1976: 1075 $1,400 • unknown • Superior Galleries 10/1977: 175 $1,150 • C. Douglas Smith.

EF-45 Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 7/1924 • George H. Clapp • ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon • T. James Clarke. Unknown • Federal Coin Exchange 11/1955: 2937 $52.50 • Federal Coin Exchange, 5/4/1956 • Dorothy Paschal, 1972 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 377 $1,100. Reverse illustrated in Newcomb.

EF-45 Fred S. Werner • Gordon J. Wrubel • Dorothy Paschal.

EF-45 Thomas L. Elder 11/1915: 822 • Frank Hussey. New Netherlands Coin Co. #54 4/1960: 1447 $125 • C. Douglas Smith.

EF45 Col. E. H. R. Green • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 8/27/1942 $17.50 • James G. Macallister, 10/6/1942 Judge Thomas L. Gaskill. New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal.

EF-40 Harold E. Whiteneck (Sheraton Coin Co.), 5/29/1949 • C. Douglas Smith, 7/1981 • Fred H. Borcherdt.

EF-40 Teletrade auction, 6/1995 • Michael "Mickey" Arconti.

EF-40 Purchased unattributed by Gary Gertie (G & G Galleries) • a Colorado collector.