1804 Spiked Chin, B-6, C-6 -- Double Struck over a Partial Brockage -- XF45 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF30....

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1804 B-6, C-6 Half Cent, XF45
Struck Over a Partial Brockage

1804 Spiked Chin, B-6, C-6 -- Double Struck over a Partial Brockage -- XF45 PCGS. Our EAC Grade VF30. Equivalents. Proskey 7: 4-D; Ross 2-D; Gilbert-8; Empire-39; Cohen-6; Breen-6; Eckberg 2a-D.

Obverse 1a. This obverse die was used for B-1 and B-4 prior to the accidental damage, and with its Spiked Chin for B-5, 6, 7, and 8. The date is well above the border and close to the central device. The upper serif of the 1 nearly touches the hair curl, and the 4 is extremely close to, and appears to touch, the drapery. LIBERTY is moderately spaced with the I and B practically joined at their bases.

Reverse D. The standard wreath layout has 16 leaves and five berries in the left branch, and 19 leaves and five berries in the right branch. As usual, there is a leaf triplet below OF. The tip of the highest leaf in the right branch is below the right curves of the final S, and the tip of the outside leaf in the triplet is below the right curves of the O. The legend is generally well spaced with AMER close and the final A distant from the ribbon end. Each T on the reverse has a defective base. The denominator in the fraction is widely spaced and well above the border. A die scratch extends the right stem end.
Edge. Plain.
Surfaces. Faint hairlines and other handling marks are evident on this chestnut and bluish-brown half cent that shows minuscule rim nicks at the upper obverse.
Die State. Manley Die State 1.0; Braig Die State 1.0; Fuhrman State 2. The reverse is cracked through the tops of many legend letters, but lacks signs of retained cuds or rim breaks. A die crack joins the tops of TA in STATES.

Production. A partial brockage was recoined with the 1804 B-6, C-6 dies. Evidence of the brockage is clearly visible at the upper right obverse, and evidence of the association double-strike is noted at the lower right reverse. There is no evidence of the TA die crack on the brockage impression.
Commentary. Despite the large number of surviving examples from these dies, few show any type of mint error. The Davy Collection, perhaps one of the largest offerings of half cent errors and die states, included 18 examples of B-6, C-6, but only two that were mint errors.
McGuigan Commentary. Choice glossy medium brown planchet. Early die state with light reverse cracks. Mint error-struck over a partial brockage with "STA" of STATES showing on the upper right quadrant of the obverse.
Provenance. Ex: Donald Frederick (10/1988).
Personality. An early member of the Bust Half Nut Club, Donald Richard Frederick of Annandale, Virginia was born on September 6, 1930, and passed away on January 8, 2010. Lieutenant Commander Frederick was retired from the U.S. Navy, having served in Korea and Vietnam. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
From The James R. McGuigan Half Cent Collection.

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