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1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin G4. Slightly sharper with light corrosion covering the fields and crusty dark steel scale nestled into the protected areas. Chocolate brown on the devices and fields with dark olive in the protected places. The devices are slightly glossy. No notable signs of contact. T ...
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1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF25. Glossy chocolate brown blending to lighter steel brown in the obverse fields. The surfaces are smooth and the eye appeal is excellent. The only notable marks are a few very faint hairline scratches from the throat to the hair over the shoulder. Otherwise this piec ...
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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 ...
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1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF20. Sharper by 10 points but there are numerous contact marks scattered over both sides, especially on the obverse. The most notable of these are a group of shallow, very dull marks in the field over the bust. The surfaces are smooth except for a small spot of slightl ...
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1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF20. Sharper by at least 5 points but there are a few small nicks on the neck and some pinpricks in the field off the eyebrow, plus three faint hairlines in the left obverse field. Glossy chocolate and light olive brown with a hint of deeper greenish-olive toning on th ...
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1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VF25. Sharpness EF40 but lightly whizzed, then nicely retoned a very attractive and natural-looking glossy chocolate and olive brown. No spots, stains, or notable signs of contact. However, there is a shallow depression on the left side of the U in UNITED that appears t ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin Cast Copy of Fictional Die State EF40. Slightly glossy dark steel and olive with traces of lighter toning in protected areas. The surfaces are covered with pebbled roughness imparted by the casting process. The highpoints have been rubbed a bit and the obverse displays ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VG10. A couple points sharper with a few light scratches or thin scuff marks that barely break the toning in the right obverse field. Otherwise a nice glossy chocolate and steel brown with smooth, attractive surfaces. LDS, Manley state 12.0, Braig 9.0, with a thin but c ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF30. Glossy chocolate brown blending to olive brown in protected areas on the reverse. Attractive for the grade with only a few trivial contact marks. The notable ones are a couple faint hairline scratches in the field before the neck and another in the field left of t ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin F12. Glossy steel brown and chocolate. There is a tiny flake in the dentils over E in LIBERTY and a couple faint hairline scratches on both sides, the strongest one slanting through the E in CENT. Very rare M-LDS, Manley state 10.5, Braig 7.5, with a small square hole o ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin F12. Slightly sharper with a hairline scratch down the face plus additional faint hairline scratches on the portrait. Mostly glossy chocolate brown. The surfaces are decent but a glass reveals traces of extremely faint roughness in protected areas. No verdigris. Looks b ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin AU50+. Glossy dark chocolate brown with frost in protected areas. The only notable defects are a spot of reddish verdigris under the CA in AMERICA and a horizontal nick close under the earlobe. Otherwise this piece is choice. Close to AU55. M-LDS, Manley state 9.0, Brai ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF30. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with a bit of dirt in the most-protected areas. The best identifying mark is a tiny horizontal nick close under the tip of the "Spike" on the chin. MDS, Manley state 6.0 late or 6.5 early, Braig 4.5. There is a strong cud bre ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF30. At least ten points sharper but there is a dull a scratch in the hair left of the earlobe extending into the field below the hair ribbon. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy bluish steel brown with faded red in protected areas. Looks mint state to the unaided eye, ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF25. Sharpness near EF40 with fine porosity covering much of the planchet, strongest on the upper right part of the reverse. No verdigris. The best identifying mark is a small rim nick left of the upper end of the hair ribbon. Slightly glossy chocolate and olive brown ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF20. Glossy chocolate brown with reddish chocolate toning on the leaves below the first A in AMERICA. A smooth, very attractive example for the grade. E-MDS, Manley state 2.5, Braig 1.8., with stronger die cracks on either side of the top of A in STATES (Braig's "Flyin ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF25+. At least five points sharper with too many light contact marks for the sharpness grade, including a trio of dull nicks on the neck and one more on the bust, three tiny pinpricks over EN in CENT, and a small rim nick below the bust. Glossy medium brown and light o ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VG7. Sharpness F15 but covered with fine porosity on all but the highpoints. No verdigris, only a few light rim bumps on both sides, the notable ones at Y in LIBERTY and ST in STATES. Slightly glossy dark olive and steel with lighter chocolate and steel brown toning on ...
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1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VG8. A couple points sharper but there is a line of microscopic ticks across the chin, a few nicks at the E in CENT, and traces of microscopic roughness on both sides. Mostly glossy steel brown and chocolate blending to light olive on the obverse. Extremely rare EDS, Ma ...
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1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin EF40. Very attractive glossy light chocolate brown with darker steel brown and chocolate toning covering the devices and frosty lighter brown in protected areas. The notable marks are a tiny, very light scratch near the rim under the 80, a pinprick in the field under th ...
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1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin EF45. Choice glossy chocolate brown with frosty light brown toning in the protected areas. The only notable defect is a light scrape on the rim over RT in LIBERTY. M-LDS, Manley state 5.0. The bisecting reverse crack has been joined by a new crack from the base of the O ...
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1804 C-5 R4 Spiked Chin F12. Choice glossy chocolate and steel. Smooth and quite nice for the grade with just a couple minor contact marks. The notable marks are a pinprick on the bust at the drapery line and a small rim bruise at ES in STATES. MDS, Manley state 4.0. A gentle bulge shows in th ...
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1804 C-3/5 R7 Without Spike From Chin F12. Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate. The surfaces are smooth, void of any hint of corrosion or verdigris. There is a faint hairline scratch hidden in the drapery folds over the 4 and some extremely faint hairlines on the highpoints of both sides. A ...
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1804 C-2 R6 G6. Sharpness F12 but covered with fine uniform granularity. No verdigris or notable marks. Slightly glossy very dark steel brown with traces of lighter brown and chocolate toning in protected areas on the reverse. Struck with the dies not in perfect parallel alignment, as always f ...
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1804 C-2 R6 AG3. Sharpness VG10 or better where the details were properly struck up, but this piece has problems that go way beyond the strike. The coin was covered with moderate corrosion, then scraped (perhaps to remove some of the roughness), and then burnished to further minimize the surfa ...
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1804 C-1 R3 F15. Sharpness near EF40 but the obverse is peppered with small contact marks, mostly in the form of pinpricks, while the reverse is quite nice. The most obvious mark is a small rim dent above the E in LIBERTY. Glossy steel brown with darker steel toning on the highpoints and frost ...
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1803 C-3 R2 AG3. End-of-Strip Planchet Clip. Glossy dark chocolate and steel. Smooth and free of defects, just worn. The date and legends are all readable, although the 18 and HALF CENT are a bit weak. Nice for the grade, close to G4. LDS, Manley state 5.0. The bulging at the 18 is strong and ...
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1803 C-3 R2 VF25+. Sharpness near VF35 but there are too many small contact marks scattered over the obverse for the sharpness grade. A small, dull rim nick under the 8 and a similar one over the E in STATES can help identify this piece. Attractive glossy medium chocolate brown. MDS, Manley st ...
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1803 C-3 R2 VF25. Choice glossy chocolate brown with traces of lighter brown and chocolate toning in protected areas on both sides. Smooth and very attractive. The only notable marks, and they are easily lost in the strong die clashmarks, are a dull diagonal nick in the field off the chin, a p ...
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1803 C-2 R4 G6. Lightly cleaned and retoned glossy light olive fading to chocolate brown in protected areas. The only marks are a faint spot of darker toning near the dentils before the throat and a thin diagonal nick in the hair right of the ribbon. The date and legends are complete and clear ...