1804 Spiked Chin, B-5, C-7, R.4, XF45 PCGS. CAC. Our EAC Grade VF25....

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1804 B-5, C-7 Half Cent, XF45
Later Intermediate State

1804 Spiked Chin, B-5, C-7, R.4, XF45 PCGS. CAC. Our EAC Grade VF25. Please refer to lot 3062 for equivalents, rarity, die, and edge descriptions.
Surfaces. Glossy medium brown surfaces exhibit areas of lighter brown on the obverse and hints of darker brown on the reverse. Faint hairlines are evident on the obverse including an old thin scratch across Liberty's neck.
Die State. Manley Die State 6.0. The rim break on this later intermediate state touches the top of the O and joins the top of the F, extending over the first A in AMERICA. This is equal to Breen's state VII with just 10 examples known to Ronald Manley in 1996. The finest of those are two examples that grade VF30.
Appearances. The State 7 plate coin on page 109 of Ed Fuhrman's The Half Cent Handbook, Draped Bust Varieties, 1800-1808. Illustrated on the Goldberg Auctions website.
PCGS Population (6/2022). The best attributed examples of 1804 B-5, C-7 include two coins that grade XF45 and five finer coins.
Commentary. Ronald Manley describes this die state as "extremely rare" and knew of 10 examples. Ed Fuhrman rates this die state as High R.6, suggesting a population in the range of 13 to 18 coins.
McGuigan Commentary. Attractive glossy dark brown color. Late die state (M6.0) with rim cud touching the "O" in OF. Extremely rare die state.
Provenance. Ex: R. Tettenhorst (Davy II Collection, Goldberg Auctions, 9/2011), lot 238.
Personality. Though later generations of numismatists have corrected much of his work, the die characteristic and emission sequence articles written by George R. Ross broke new ground in half cent and large cent study. His major writings appeared in The Numismatist between World War I and the early Great Depression, and Thomas Elder sold his extensive large cent collection in May 1937.
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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