Walter Breen
Condition Census:
AU-50 Sharpness of Mint State but some reverse roughness. William T. R. Jester • Thomas L. Elder 12/1914: 13 $108 • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1945 • Sheraton Coin Co. • 1947 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #40): 882 $525 • Harold E. Whiteneck (Sheraton Coin Co.) • Copley Coin Co. • E. A. Rice • R. McAusland • Willard C. Blaisdell, 2/16/1975 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint), 4/16/1996 • W. M. "Jack" Wadlington. State IV. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy.
AU-50 Theodore W. Riley • Edward Cogan 12/1879: 1186 $205 • Richard B. Winsor • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1895: 883 $175 • S. H. & H. Chapman. Arba Borden • Col. James W. Ellsworth, 3/1923 • Wayte Raymond, 3/1923 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State IV. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.
EF-45 Dr. William H. Sheldon • Charles R. Mathewson, 1955 • Copley Coin Co., 1955 • Louis Helfenstein, 8/23/1958 • C. Douglas Smith. Herman Halpern, 12/11/1986 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner. State IV.
EF-45 Sharpness of AU-55 but scratches on both rim breaks. New England Rare Coin Auctions 4/1980: 907 $16,000 • Julian Leidman • Gene Reale • Sotheby's (New York) #7083, 1/1998: 40 not sold • Gene Reale. State IV.
EF-45 Leo A. Young • Auction '80 (Rare Coin Company of America): 1527 $10,000 • Julian Leidman • Heritage Numismatic Auctions #5, 11/1989: 489 $6,050 • Denis W. Loring, 1/1992 • J. J. Teaparty • Dr. John A. Van Arsdall • Bowers and Merena 1/1993: 233 not sold • Dr. John A. Van Arsdall, 4/1993 • Denis W. Loring, 10/1994 • Allan Kollar. State TV.
EF-45 Henry A. Sternberg • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #278,4/1932: 454 $430 • George H. Clapp • ANS. State III. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.
EF-45 s. H. & H. Chapman, $100 • John G. Mills • S. H.& H. Chapman 4/1904: 1267 $100 • Dr. Lewis H. Adler, Jr., 3/1917 • B. Max Mehl • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon • Sheraton Coin Co. • 1947 ANA (Numismatic Gallery #40): 883 $275 • James Kelly • Dr. James O. Sloss, 9/1958 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 94 $1,100 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • New Netherlands Coin Co. 11/1973: 582 $2,200 • Robert R. Shaw • C. Douglas Smith • Kenneth M. Goldman • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 250 $9,350 • David Bloom, 9/1988 • John I. MacDonald, 1/1997 • Robert C. Clark. State I.
EF-40 Sharpness of AU-55 but the name Wm. W Baldwin had been scratched in the right obverse field, then crudely removed prior to 1912. Discovered in the west, circa 1880 in a small collection of otherwise worthless coins, by Lyman H. Low, $90 • S. H. & H. Chapman, circa 1880 $100 • Colin E. King • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1892: 1028 $102 • George H. Earle, Jr. • Henry Chapman 6/1912: 3432 $215 • Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 33 $300 • Elmer S. Sears • unknown • Oscar J. Pearl • Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 196 $1,100 • T. James Clarke • John H. Payne, 1953 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Gilbert Steinberg. State 1. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents, in Penny Whimsy, and in Noyes.
EF-40 Lester Merkin 3/1967: 181 $750 • George Ramont. State IV.
VF-35 With a small planchet defect through the edge. Sylvester S. Crosby • John W. Haseltine #70, 6/1883: 1533 $26 • T. Harrison Garrett • Robert Garrett, 1919 • John Work Garrett • Johns Hopkins University • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 11/1979: 112 $4,800 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 11/1979 • Denis W. Loring, 4/30/1985 • Jack H. Robinson • Superior Galleries 1/1989: 596 $6,875 • Denis W. Loring, 12/1989 • Gary Ruttenberg • M & G Auctions 8/1996: 263 $7,975 • Steven K. Ellsworth. State IV.
VF-35 Hollinbeck Coin Co. #128, 8/1952: 1413 • Glen Wallace • A. Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974: 927 $925 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPLs, 1975-1976 $2,495 • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries 5/1976: 101 $1,450 • unknown • Harmer Rooke Numismatists, Ltd. 10/1985: 85 $4,675 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 252 $4,400 • Dr. Michael Eisenberg. State IV.
VF-35 Ed. Frossard as "Fine" • Hillyer Ryder • Wayte Raymond • New Netherlands Coin Co. #41, 9/1953: 298 as "VF-20" $210 • Dorothy Paschal • New Netherlands Coin Co. #50, 12/1957: 1251 $290 • Judge Jos. Sawicki • 1964 ANA (Federal Brand Enterprises): 103 $1,250 • unknown. Lester Merkin, privately. Garry Fitzgerald, 6/1980 • Gordon J. Wrubel and Jack H. Beymer, 2/1983 • G. Lee Kuntz • Superior Galleries 10/1991: 298 $4,840 • Tom Morley • Superior Galleries 5/1992: 286 $4,400 •
John Gervasoni (Scorpio Monetary Distributors) • Donald H. Kagin (Marin Numismatics) • 1994 ANA (Heritage Numismatic Auctions): 6179 $4,070. State IV.
VF-35 Sharpness of AU-50 but face, neck, and bust have been burnished. B. Max Mehl FPL (Mehl's Coin Chronicle), 9/1939 $100 • Russell Wyatt • Superior Galleries 9/1985: 296 $5,280 • Bertram Cohen • Robert W. Miller, Sr. (Bob's Coins & Collectables) • Peter Setian • Dr. Robert J. Bye. State IV.
VF-35 With a thin planchet crack on obverse. Sharpness of EF-45 but with the light initials IT in left obverse field. New Netherlands Coin Co., via Moritz Wormser • Judge Thomas L. Gaskill • Dorothy Paschal • Gordon J. Wrubel. Chuck Furjanic • Dr. Manuel Sir • Robert L. Hughes Enterprises 10/1979: 23 $4,250 • unknown • 1980 ANA (Steve Ivy Numismatic Auctions): 963 $4,750. State IV.
VF-35 Sharpness of EF-45 but numerous small abrasions. Maj. William Boerum Wetmore • S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1906: 578 $112.50 • Dr. Lewis H. Adler, Jr., 3/1917 • B. Max Mehl Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929. B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 338 $450 • H. A. Stoddard, 1934 • B. Max Mehl Collection - T. James Clarke, 10/1954. R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint) • Dr. Eugene Sherman • Superior Stamp & Coin 9/1997: 68 $14,300. State IV.
VF-35 M. A. Brown • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1897: 804 $60 • Benjamin H. Collins • Dr. Thomas Hall, 9/7/1909 • Virgil M. Brand • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.) • New Netherlands Coin Co. • C. Douglas Smith • Kenneth W. Rendell FPL, 1958 $550 • Frank H. Masters, Jr. • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1971: 168 $575 • unknown • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries FPLs, 1976-1977 $2,495.