Variety equivalents:
Breen 1a

Images courtesy of Bill Eckberg

Significant examples:
NGC MS-63 Brown.  Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 66, sold for $16,1000.00 Ex Herbert A. Dietz-Stack's 4/62:161- unknown-Auction '80 (Stack's), lot 1003- unknown-Heritage 1/7/98:6142-Dr. Wallace Lee.  

Recent appearances:
NGC AU-50.  Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 65, sold for $5,175.00

PCGS AU-50.  Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "The Benson Collection - Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 158, "Del Bland graded VF-35", illustrated, sold for $4,600.00  Ex Dennis Lewis (Lewis Rare Coins, 10/89)

"EF-45".  Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach" Elite Coin Auction, May 25-27, 2003, Lot 64, sold for $6,325.00 Ex Bowers & Merena 6/20/84:3279-Dr. Wallace Lee.  

PCGS EF-45.  Ex - Superior Galleries "Pre-Long Beach Coin Sale", May 27-29, 2001, Lot 1047, illustrated, "...EAC grade VF30+...", not sold
  
ANACS Corroded EF Details, Net VF-20.  Ex-  Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long Beach Sale", October 5-7, 2000, Lot 5841, not plated, unsold

VF-25, recolored (illustrated above).  Ex - Superior Stamp & Coin's "Pre-Long Beach Sale", February 7-8, 2000, Lot 1522, sold for $1,207.50

"Fine-15".  Ex - Elmer S. Sears, October 1, 1909 - Albert F. Holden, 1913 - Mrs. R. Henry Norweb - Auctions by Bowers & Merena, Inc.'s "Norweb" sale, October, 1987, Lot 5 - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles "The Fairchild Family Trust Collection" Sale, May 28-30, 2001, Lot 99, illustrated, sold for $1,438.00, where it was described as follows: "1794 Breen-1a, Cohen-1a, Rarity-3. Del Bland graded Fine-15. Sharpness of Very Fine 30 but the surfaces are not perfectly smooth, through 7 in the date is a long scratch, opposite the nose is a lighter one, below AT in STATES is a large pit mark and three more very small ones can be found on the reverse. Darkish steel brown and sharply struck."

"F-12 or better."  Ex - Stack's 65th Anniversary Sale, October 17-19, 2000, Lot 21, illustrated, sold for $862.50

VG-10.  Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17, 2001, Lot 2335, sold for $632.50

Sources and/or recommended reading:
"American Half Cents - The 'Little Half Sisters' (Second Edition)" by Roger S. Cohen, Jr.

Relevant collector organizations:
Early American Coppers Club