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1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF30

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:999.00 USD Estimated At:2,000.00 USD and UP
1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF30
1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF30. Glossy chocolate brown with lighter brown toning in protected areas on the left half of the obverse. A hint of reddish chocolate toning shows before the neck. The surfaces are smooth and attractive with only minor contact marks consistent with the grade. The best identifying mark is a small, dull nick under the C in CENT. Extremely rare MDS, Manley state 4.8, with a strong cud break over OF-A. The right end of this cud does not have the small extension above the A that identifies state 5.0. Manley said only 3 were known when he wrote his book, so this must be a very rare die state. Breen did not mention this state in his half cent encyclopedia; he must not have recognized the subtle difference because he once owned this coin. The "Spiked Chin" feature is obvious. A really nice example of this tough variety, and the die state is a big plus. Davy #04.7.4.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.

Provenance: Ex Walter Breen-Jon Hanson-William K. Raymond 9/8/1976.