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1804 1/2 C Spiked Chin--Cleaned--ANACS. VF20 Details.

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1804 1/2 C Spiked Chin--Cleaned--ANACS. VF20 Details.
<B>1804<1/2 C> Spiked Chin--Cleaned--ANACS. VF20 Details.</B></I> C-6, B-6, R.2. Manley Die State 12.0 or possibly later. Equivalent to Braig Die State 9.0. This is the latest die state described by Ron Manley in <I>The Half Cent Die State Book</B></I> and it is an extremely rare die state. Only two examples of this die state are currently known with an extra small depression over the M of AMERICA. It is also the latest known die state described by Gene Braig in "Reverse Die State Progression of the 1804 G-8, C-6, B-6 Spiked Chin Half Cent" published in the May 1990 issue of <I>Penny-Wise.</B></I> Although Walter Breen described two later die states, neither are currently known to exist. The obverse of this example has light tan surfaces and may have been lightly cleaned as described by ANACS. The all-important reverse has rich chestnut-brown color with deeper olive on the devices and additional splashes of steel color. EAC 12.
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