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The obverse damage scares me into a possible details grade......Great condition though,,Super coin.....I'll go Ms details
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Nice spiked chin Half Cent! Looks like nice luster. I don't see wear. I guess MS63-64. babysitr, I think what you see as obverse damage is actually the characteristic die striations for the variety. |
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MS-62 obverse die striations?
Profliz, could you be a little more specific.
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ProfLiz,, Need more info on Die Striations.....I may have passed on some of these as damaged....:)....What is a good source of info....There are a couple books on early copper that may well be worth the investment.?
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ProfLiz is absolutely right. The "spiked chin" die variety has more than a spiked chin. The parallel lines between Liberty's chin and her bosom are found on every example.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but on the striations were caused by two things, weakened planchet material and in one die variety the spiked chin, (a clash of a foriegn object in the press) most likely a screw damaging the die. I'll have to varify that - I think it was in Breens book on Half Cents. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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babysitr, what philadelphian and westcoin said sums it up. Those "claw marks" below Lady Liberty's chin are on all spiked chin 1804 Half Cents; they were in the die. This coin has particularly pronounced lines, so I presume an early die state or exceptionally good strike. I usually refer to the Breen Half Cent book for variety information. It's worth the investment *if* you are in to Half Cents. Otherwise, there may be some general copper books that hit the high points well enough. But I only do Half Cents... |
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