1804 Half Cent, Spiked Chin Or Not?grade?

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RK55 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 09:51 am Another recent pick up. 1804 Half Cent, crosslet 4,with Stems. With a 10x loupe I see what appears to be the spiked chin variety. close ups provided. Help with grade (maybe f/vf?) and see if you see what my eyes see on the chin. As always, Thank you for any help from the experts here. Report this Post to the Staff

Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 10:14 am Definitely a Spiked Chin variety! The "cigar" in Miss Liberty's mouth, the spike from the chin (a little obscured on your coin) and the marks from the screw that damaged the die near the 3 o'clock obverse position are dead give-a-ways! Nice! My 1804 Spiked Chin for comparison: Edited by Moe145 06/18/2013 10:16 am Report this Post to the Staff
oih82w8 Pillar of the Community United States 7840 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 10:37 am That's affirmative! Although I did not know about the "cigar"... "Ron Guth: The 1804 Spiked Chin Half Cent is an interesting variety caused when damage occured to an obverse die, resulting in a sharp, spike-like projection jutting out from Liberty's chin. The Spiked Chin itself is considered a die state, because examples from the same obverse die are known without the damage. However, the Spiked Chin obverse was used in combination with more than one reverse, so it is also known as a die variety. The Spiked Chin Half Cent is fairly common, but it commands a premium because of its listing as a major variety in most (if not all) price catalogs." PCGS CoinFacts http://www.pcgscoinfacts.com/Coin/D...1075?redir=t Edited by oih82w8 06/18/2013 10:51 am Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18700 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 12:55 pm VF Environmental damage (cleaned, corrosion) Report this Post to the Staff
1916 D Merc Valued Member United States 459 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 1:52 pm What a cool variety! Report this Post to the Staff
TJsCoins Pillar of the Community United States 3229 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 2:15 pm Nice VF spiked chin! I see light corrosion. Not sure if it has been cleaned or conserved from the pics. Still, an attractive coin:)! Report this Post to the Staff
ProfLiz Valued Member United States 373 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 4:48 pm Yup, spiked chin. Bit of a granular surfce, but nice details! Report this Post to the Staff
RK55 Pillar of the Community United States 2189 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 5:22 pm Thanks for all the help thus far. It does not appear cleaned to me, although I do agree with the comments on slight corrosion and being granular. It does look a lot nicer in hand, these Cannon digital cameras pick up everything!lol Report this Post to the Staff
westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9793 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 5:26 pm spiked chin screw marks or die striation marks make it positive. Not near my reference books now so can't help on th edie variety Cohen and Manley numbers yet. Love the coin and I agree it's a VF20 possible details due to cleaning and small staple scratch across face, and rim damage. "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 Edited by westcoin 06/18/2013 5:27 pm Report this Post to the Staff
dsfreeworld Pillar of the Community United States 4337 Posts	Posted 06/18/2013 7:23 pm I've not seen one of these before...what a great variation...fully awesome Report this Post to the Staff
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