Walter Breen's Encyclopedia of Early United States Cents

Large Dates: Thick Center To 8

Obverse 3. LE. LH. LH. LH. Large date with a thick center stroke to 8, as in 1813. Date closely spaced with 1 8 apart, tops of 81 unusually close, and second 1 low. LIBER repunched: extra serifs below top of L, extra outline at right upright of I, BER first punched lower, then corrected. Top lock is lower than before with other details of the hair cruder than on earlier dies, apparently retouched by Scot. Stars 4 and 5 are more closely spaced than others. Broad coarse dentils.

Reverse C. C. SPR. PC. Pc. See Remarks. Normal NS with strong serifs. N(I) has the right foot of left upright extended to the right by a spine. D high and leans right. ATE high. Most easily distinguished from reverse D of number 4 by position of the leaf barely beyond (E)S.

Die states: I. Perfect. Reverse dentils are strong.

II. Clash marks within the wreath right of (N)E and (N)T. Dentils are weaker and some letters merge with the rim. A die line joins the bases of N(T).

III. Rust pits develop in and right of lower curls and near the ribbon. Reverse may have been reground. The spine at N(l) no longer shows, dentils are blurred, many flow lines, and tops of s OF A merge into the rim. McGirk 1B.

Equivalents: Proskey 1. Doughty 217. McGirk 1A, 1B. Clapp 1. Sheldon 288. EAC 3. Encyclopedia 1784.

Rarity 2.

Remarks: Less common than number 2 or 4.

On weaker impressions the leaf point below F does not extend beyond the right upright.

Condition Census:

MS-63 Col. E. H R. Green. B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 3/24/1943 $40 • A. Kosoff • Oscar J. Pearl • Numismatic Gallery FPL, 1944: 228 $100 • unknown. Rare Coin Company of America, 8/1977 • Vincent Filpi • Loren Barnett • Eric Streiner. Reverse illustrated in Early American Cents and in Penny Whimsy.

MS-62 George F. Seavey • William H. Strobridge, 1873: 393 • Lorin G. Parmelee • New York Coin & Stamp Co. 6/1890: 883 $16 • S. H. & H. Chapman • John G. Mills • S. H. & H. Chapman 4/1904: 1279 $18 • S. H. & H. Chapman $25 • Allison W. Jackman • Henry Chapman 6/1918: 731 $100 • Dr. Hemy W. Beckwith • S. H.

Chapman 4/1923: 46 $65 • S. H. Chapman FPL, 12/13/ 1924: 61 $85 • John H. Clapp, 2/6/1942 • Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. • Bowers and Merena 5/1996: 535 $15.00• Spectrum Numismatics. State II.

MS-61 Alan Weinberg, 1965 Gene Reale • Sotheby's (New York) #7083, 1/1998: 51 $20,900 • Eugene Gardner.

MS-61 Maj. William Boerum Wehnore • S. H. & H. Chapman 6/1906: 594 $16 • William B. Hale. Henry Chapman 6/1909: 777 $14 • Everett Van Voorhis. Clarence S. Bement • Henry Chapman 5/1916: 328 $21.50 • unknown • Superior Galleries 7/1993: 18 not sold. Tangible Assets • Wentworth Exchange 10/1993: 16 • Tangible Assets • Heritage Rare Coin Galleries FPL, 8/1994 $18,500 • Teletrade#732, 5/1995: 103.

MS-60 Glen Wallace • A. Kosoff • Rare Coin Company of America 5/1974: 947 $2,600 • Jerry A. Bobbe • Gordon J. Wrubel, 2/1975 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr; 2/23/ 1992 • Eric Streiner • Jay Parrino (The Mint). Obverse and 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: 602 $500 • Garry Fitzgerald. Obverse illustrated in Early American Cents.

MS-60 H. E. Jones (Edinburgh, Scotland) • Scott & Co. 10/1878: 249 $6.25 • Edward Cogan • Thomas Cleneay • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1890: 1834 $12 Chas, Steigerwalt - unknown • Charles R. Mathewson, 1955 • Copley Coin Co. • Lucius S. Ruder. Stack's 9/1987: 410$3,740 Herman Halpern • Stack's 3/1.988:275$4.00 • Julian Leidman.

MS-60 Milton A. Holmes • Stack's 10/1960: 1467 $250 • Robert A. Arnel • Stack's 1/1967: 10 $525 • unknown • Stack's 6/1968: 3 $575.

MS-60 Howard R Newcomb • J. C. Morgenthau & Co. #458, 2/1945:479 $36 • Joseph H. Spray. Stack's 4/1975: 24 $900.

MS-60 Richard B. Winsor • S. H. & H. Chapman 12/1895: 897 $10.50 • Virgil M. Brand • B. G. Johnson (St. Louis Stamp & Coin Co.), 2/14/1940 $20 • Arthur L. Gray.

AU-55 J. Paul Scheetz, 8/1976 • Del Bland • Jeffrey Oliphant. State III.

AU-55 American Auction Association 5/1972: 608 $725.

AU-55 R. E. Naftzger, Jr. • Denis W. Loring • Bowers and Ruddy Galleries, privately • Del Bland • Julian . Leidman,

AU-55 James G. Macallister • Charles Green (R. Green), 5/1946 • R. E. Naftzger, Jr.

AU-55 Donald Brigandi (Brigandi Coin Co.) • Del Bland • Jerry A. Bobbe.