#1 PCGS MS66BN
T. James Clarke; "The Charles M. Williams Collection," Numismatic Gallery, November 1950, Lot 669; Harold Barehord; William J. Bareford; Jules Reiver, June 1984; "The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection," Heritage Auctions, August 22, 2022, Lot 3017 - $1,005,000. C-3. |
#2 PCGS MS65BN
Charles Morris Collection; “The Charles Morris Collection,” S.H. and H. Chapman, April 1905, Lot 857 – $28; Allison W. Jackman; Allison W. Jackman Estate, October 1917; “The Allison W. Jackman Collection,” Henry Chapman, June 1918, Lot 851 – $52; Virgil M. Brand; Horace and Armin Brand, by descent, June 1926; Armin Brand, by division, circa 1931-32; Burdette G. Johnson, by consignment, August 1935; unknown collection, by sale, January 1942; unknown intermediaries; Douglas W. Weaver to Hank Rodgers by sale, January 12, 1972; R. Tettenhorst (Bernard Edison), by sale, March 27, 1972; R. Tettenhorst to the Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society by gift; The Missouri Cabinet Collection; “Missouri Cabinet Collection of U.S. Half Cents,” Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers, January 2014, Lot 4 – $718,750, via Larry Hanks and Richard Burdick, to the D. Brent Pogue Family Coin Collection; As PCGS MS65BN #32157242. “The D. Brent Pogue Collection, Part III,” Stack’s Bowers, February 9, 2016, Lot 3001 – $446,500. As PCGS MS65BN CAC #32157242. “The Oliver Jung Collection,” Heritage Auctions, January 21, 2021, Lot 3976 – $384,000. C-3. |
#3 PCGS MS64+BN
Howard R. Newcomb, 1935; sold privately; B. Max Mehl, 1935; Sold privately to Colonel E.H.R. Green, June 8, 1936; Colonel E.H.R. Green Estate, April 1943; Green Estate to Eric P. Newman and Burdette G. Johnson – $60.01; Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society; “The Missouri Cabinet,” Goldberg Auctioneers, January 2014, Lot 5 – $345,000; "The Bob R. Simpson Collection, Part VII," Heritage Auctions, January 13, 2022, Lot 3741 – $216,000. C-3. |
#4 PCGS MS64BN
“The A.O. Woods Collection,” September 1986, Lot 3007; R.E. "Ted" Naftzger, Jr.; "The R.E. “Ted” Naftzger, Jr. Collection," by sale, via Anthony Terranova; "The R.E. "Ted" Naftzger Collection," sold, en bloc, to Eric Streiner, 1991; Stack’s, January 1992, Lot 278; Gene Reale, by sale, via Jay Parrino; Richard T. Coleman, Jr., by sale, August 1995; As NGC MS64BN #957212-001. Claude E. Davis, via Richard Burdick, December 1997; “The Foxfire Collection (Davis),” sold, en bloc, to D. Brent Pogue Family, via Richard Burdick, October 5, 2004. As PCGS MS64BN #32157241. “The D. Brent Pogue Family Collection, Part III,” Stack’s Bowers / Sotheby’s, February 9, 2016, Lot 3002 – $176,250. C-3. |
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#4 Est. MS64BN
“The John Pawling Collection,” New Netherlands, November 1952, Lot 73; “The Joseph Brobston Collection,” Stack’s, January 1963; “The Charles Jay Collection,” Stack’s, October 1967, Lot 80. As PCGS MS64BN #25338679. “The Collection of Oliver Jung,” Heritage Auctions, August 7, 2014, Lot 5514 – $146,875; Heritage Auctions, April 28, 2016, Lot 4521 – $108,687.50; “The Warshaw Family Collection, Part II,” Heritage Auctions, June 4, 2020, Lot 3005 – $84,000. C-3. |
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#6 Est. MS63BN
"An Old Time Holding"; Stack’s, January 2007, Lot 5427 - $195,500. As PCGS MS63BN #06604083. Eugene H. Gardner; "The Eugene H. Gardner Collection," Heritage Auctions, June 23, 2014, Lot 30003 – $95,175. C-3. |
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#6 Est. MS63BN
“The Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection,” Bowers and Merena, May 1996, Lot 394 - $38,500. As PCGS MS63BN #6591333. “The ESM Collection,” Stack’s Bowers, March 19, 2020, Lot 3001 – $84,000. C-3. |
#8 PCGS MS62BN
"The ANA Auction," Leo A. Young, August 1959, Lot 402; Kagin’s; Leo A. Young; As “Choice Uncirculated.” "Auction '80," Rarcoa, August 1980, Lot 1512; As NGC MS61BN #671578-001. Heritage Auctions, February 2002, Lot 5018 – $25,300; “The Chief Paduke Collection,” Heritage Auctions, August 2006, Lot 5017 – $63,250; As PCGS MS62BN #15040710. Heritage Auctions, April 25, 2013, Lot 4110 – $70,500; “The Jim O’Neal Collection of U.S. Type, Part I,” Heritage Auctions, April 2014, Lot 5498 – $58,750; Heritage Auctions, November 1, 2016, Lot 5111 – $47,000; Dell Loy Hansen; David Lawrence Rare Coins, December 2018, Lot 1000 – $53,900; “The Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation”; As PCGS MS62 #15040710. Stack’s Bowers, August 25, 2022, Lot 7008 – $55,200; Heritage Auctions, February 9, 2023, Lot 3687 – $66,000. C-3. |
Breen 3; Eckberg 2-B. Rarity-3. The “Straight Cap” or “Hooked Bust Line” variety. It shares the same obverse die as Cohen-4 (#35012) and is known as the “Hooked Bust Line” variety, a name given to it by Roger S. Cohen, Jr.
The obverse is also used in Cohen-4 die marriage.
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