Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 11. See Die states.

Reverse P. Large letters and fraction. Long fraction bar. ED are high. Leaf covers at least half of the base of (N)T. Outer point of the triple leaf is between 0 and F. A berry is located opposite the center of (N)T, distinctive for large fraction reverses.

Die states: I. Weak 3, as in number 18 state III. Very rare.

II. Reground to remove clash marks and reworked: 3 about normal, all thick parts strengthened and the knob enlarged. Newcomb 12-O.

III. Additional clash marks, including one from the forelock to right base of T which Clapp mistook for a crack. Buckling left of lower curls and at 3. Reverse has at least 16 sets of clash marks from drapery at OF and from bust at A(M). Newcomb 12b-O.

IV. Reverse has a narrow rim break above s o. Struck after the earliest state of number 20.

Equivalents: Proskey 17. Doughty 195. McGirk 17 A- 17D? Ross 17:10-0. Newcomb 18. Sheldon 260. EAC 19. Encyclopedia 1757. Rarity 1.

Condition Census:

MS-61 Francis H. Lee, circa 1913 • Essex Institute • Stack's 2/1975: 157 $2,700 • Rare Coin Company of America • New England Rare Coin Galleries • Superior Galleries 10/1977: 176 $1,150 • Del Bland • Tom Morley • Del Bland • Jack H. Beymer, 2/1979 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Early American Coppers 4/1994: 287 $3,000 • Anthony Terranova • Stack's FPL, Summer 1995: 52 $5.50 • Stack's 11/1995: 1033 $3,080.

MS-60 Dr. James O. Sloss, 9/1958 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 89 $475 • Louis Helfenstein • Lester Merkin 8/1964: 37 $1,100 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 136 $6,050 • Anthony Terranova and Chris Victor-McCawley (CVM) • Dr. Thomas Turissini.

MS-60 Milton A. Holmes • Stack's 10/1960: 1444 $650 • John J. Pitman.

MS-60 Charles E. Clapp, Sr., 7/1924 • George H. Clapp • ANS • unknown • Bowers and Merena 1/1993: 274 $4,510.

AU-55 Howard R. Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945: 442 $45 • unknown • Hollinbeck Kagin Coin Co. • A. Kosoff 10/1961: 317 $290 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Early American Coppers 4/1989: 149 $3,000 • G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 285 $2,420 • Larry Briggs Rare Coins • Dr. Robert J. Shalowitz, 4/4/ 1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 137 $2,310 • Anthony Terranova • Dr. Philip W. Ralls. Reverse illustrated in Newcomb, in Early American Cents, and in Penny Whimsy.

Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

AU-55 Carl Wurtzbach • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 578 $750 • A-Mark Coin Co., 4/1974 • C. Douglas Smith • Myles Z. Gerson - Bertram Cohen, 3/ 29/1985 • C. Douglas Smith. State II. Obverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy.

AU-55 Ira S. Reed • unknown • Lyn Knight, 4/1976 • Gordon J. Wrubel.

AU-55 Henry Chapman, 1/1921 • George H. Clapp • ANS • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Dorothy Paschal. Obverse illustrated in Newcomb.

AU-55 New England Rare Coin Auctions 7/1976: 416 $1,100.

AU-50 Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 329 $60 • T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl, privately • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 90 $160 • Emanuel Taylor, 10/1960 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Robert Gildred • Kagin's Numismatic Auctions #331, 10/1983: 1065 $1,540 • C. Douglas Smith, 3/30/1992 • Eric Streiner • Superior Galleries 10/1992: 138 $2,530 • Anthony Terranova • Stack's FPL, Summer 1995: 53 as "MS-60" $4,350 • Stack's 11/1995: 1034 as "MS-60" $3,080.

AU-50 Spink & Sons, Ltd. (London), 1946 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Denis W. Loring, 1978 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 382 $1,100 • Anthony Terranova.

AU-50 Dr. William H. Sheldon • ANS. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents.

AU-50 Sir W. C. Trevelyan, 7/1879 • British Museum (London).

AU-50 Bowers and Merena 9/1990: 23 $2,200 • Martin Paul (The Rarities Group).

AU-50 Charles J. Dupont • Stack's 9/1954: 466 $35 • Dorothy Paschal • Eugene Exman.

AU-50 J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #405, 10/1939: 586 as ''D-193. N-16" $37.50 • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 11/1956 • Dorothy Paschal • New Netherlands Coin Co. #50, 12/1957: 1236 $40 • Allen E. McDowell.

AU-50 Milton A. Holmes • Stack's 10/1960: 1445 $48 • Garry Fitzgerald.