Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Obverse 3. Large 7 over 6. Large close date with perfect 1, 80 more closely spaced than other figures, and large 7 heavily repunched over 6. Closer date than the regular 1806 obverse.

Reverse A.

Die states: I. Perfect obverse.

II. Oash marks from leaves near ribbon and throat. Cluster of tiny narrow flaws or die file marks between Y and the brow. Reverse has parallel flaws pointing down through IC to the nearest leaf. Later these fade. The most prominent of these is often described as a crack.

III. Bulges behind the lowest curl and between D S.

IV. Faint horizontal crack from the obverse rim about 7:00. Bulges are heavier. Reverse rim breaks develop above STA and left. These are rarely clear as poor centering may conceal them.

Equivalents: Proskey 1. Doughty 203. McGirk 1A, 1B.

Clapp 3. Sheldon 273. EAC 3. Encyclopedia 1768.

Rarity 1.

Remarks: This obverse die was probably made in 1805 minus the final digit; planned 1806 use became impossible when the cent press broke down.

Condition Census:

MS-67 Given to Col. Joshua Pierce in the year of his birth, 1807, and later passed on to his son R. C. Pierce, who in 1909 gave the coin to C. A. Hazlett and he sold it in 8/1917 to Dr. Henry W. Beckwith • S. H. Chapman 4/1923: 37 $150 • S. H. Chapman. unknown • Anthony Terranova • R. E. Naftzger, Jr, 2/23/92 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint). Obverse and reverse illustrated in Clapp. Reuerse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-62 Barney Bluestone • Dr. Jasper Robertson. French's #90, 3/1967: 575 $1,400 • C. Douglas Smith. State II.

MS-61 David Proskey • Henry C. Hines • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1945 • T. James Clarke, 1949 • Dr. William H. Sheldon, 4/19/1972 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint), 4/16/1996 • w. M. "Jack" Wadlington. Obverse illustrated in Penny Whimsy. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Noyes.

MS-61 With some weak strildng.1957 ANA (Federal Coin Exchange): 125 $100 • Gene Reale • Sotheby's (New York) #7083, 1/1998: 43 $5,225 • Anthony Terranova and Chris Vidor-McCawley (CVM) • John B. MacDonald.

MS-61 Charles R. Mathewson, 1955 • Copley Coin Co. • Dorothy Paschal, 1/27/1956 • C. Douglas Smith. Louis Helfenstein • Lester Merkin 8/1964: 41 $750 • Stack's • Dr. E. Yale Clarke • Stack's l0/975: 71 $2,500 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr., 2/23/1992 • Eric Streiner.

MS-60 Peter Mougey • William H. Woodin • Thomas L. Elder #43, 9/1910: 71 $41 • Dr. George P. French, 3/21/1929 • B. Max Mehl FPL, 1929: 344 $150 • Henry C. Hines. T. James Clarke, 1944 • B. Max Mehl • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1959: 101 $260 • John J. Pitman. Herbert I. Melnick 7/1983: 968 $1312.50 • Ed Hipps (Ed Hipps Gallery) • Del Bland • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Early American Cappers 5/1986: 151 $1,700 • Del Bland • Dr. Philip W. Ralls.

MS-60 With some weak striking. Lester Merkin • C. Douglas Smith. Lester Merkin 10/1966: 123 $1,600 • C. Douglas Smith • Garry Fitzgerald • Del Bland • Julian Leidman • American Auction Association 5/1973: 139 $800.

MS-60 With some weak striking on obverse. Dr. William H. Sheldon, 1949 • T. James Clarke, 10/1954 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • A. Kosoff 10/1961: 340 $250 • unknown • Jack L. Burman Co. Obverse and reverse illustrated in Early American Cents.

AU-55 Hollinbeck Stamp and Coin Co. #109, 11/1951: 1072 • Harold Bareford, 9/13/1985 • Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1988: 259 $1,650 • John B. MacDonald.

AU-55 With some areas of weak striking. Charles F. Heinig • Stack's 10/1978: 871 $775 • Denis W. Loring, 1979 • Robinson S. Brown, Jr. • Superior Galleries 9/1986: 401 $1,870 • Dr. Philip W. Ralls.

AU-55 With some weak striking on obverse. From En-gland • New Netherlands Coin Co., privately 1949 • C. Douglas Smith, 9/19/1949 • Willard C. Blaisdell • Denis W. Loring • Kenneth M. Goldman • Jack H. Beymer.

AU-55 With weak striking. Robert L. Hughes Enterprises 2/1978: 59 $1,150.