1804 Spiked Chin, B-5, C-7, R.4, VF35 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF25....

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1804 B-5, C-7 Half Cent, VF35
Finest Known Terminal State

1804 Spiked Chin, B-5, C-7, R.4, VF35 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF25. Please refer to lot 3062 for equivalents, rarity, die, and edge descriptions.
Surfaces. The glossy chocolate and olive-brown surfaces have hints of pale green toning on the reverse. Faint hairlines and other scattered circulation marks are expected at the grade level of this piece. Overall a smooth and attractive example.
Die State. Manley Die State 8.0. A second rim break joins the tops of TES in STATES.
Appearances. This is Ronald Manley's Die State 8.0 reverse plate coin in The Half Cent Die State Book 1793-1857. The State 11 plate coin on page 110 of Ed Fuhrman's The Half Cent Handbook, Draped Bust Varieties, 1800-1808. Plated in Superior's catalog of the Dr. Lee Collection.
PCGS Population (6/2022). PCGS has attributed four VF35 examples of the 1804 B-5, C-7 half cents with nine finer submissions.
Commentary. This piece was called the "Finest known semi-unique terminal state C-7" in the Superior catalog two decades ago. The latest die state that Manley records in The Half Cent Die State Book 1793-1857 is state 8.0 that is offered here. In his earlier 1996 Penny-Wise article, he illustrates a slightly later state 8.5. We have not seen an example that meets the state 8.5 description, and we know of just three examples of state 8.0 including the present piece
McGuigan Commentary. Attractive glossy dark brown surfaces. Very late die state (M8.0) with a rim cud over "TES" of STATES. Finest known example of this extremely rare die state
Provenance. Ex: Richard Gross (2/14/1983); Dr. Wallace Lee (Superior, 5/2003), lot 194.
Personality. Richard Gross is a Maryland dealer and longtime member of Early American Coppers, active since the early 1970s. He has handled a number of important half cents and large cents over the years.
From The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection.

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 222G, Variety PCGS# 35164, Base PCGS# 1075, Greysheet# 80883)

Weight: 5.44 grams

Metal: 100% Copper

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