1804 Spiked Chin Half Cent -NEWP

dadams

Here is a NEWP knocked down yesterday for My Type Set . It's shipped and isn't in hand yet, but I think I'll be pleased.







I do know this is a Early Die State of Cohen-6, but don't have the proper references to figure out the exact die state according to Manley, but if I had to guess based on information at hand I would equate this piece with Manley Die State 2.2



*images posted are the sellers (indeetlib) - here is the huge TrueView if you so wish



Comments welcome.



-Doug

jesbroken

Very nice pickup. Congrats

Jim

kaz

Really nice example of the type. I hadn't noticed the protruding tongue before which complements the *****ly chin. I'll stop there.

ProfLiz

One of the things I love about half cents is the cool naked-eye varieties, and the Spiked Chin may be queen of them all. Congrats!

msch1man

Draped bust half cents are great coins (in my opinion). I'm really surprised they aren't more popular as a series (especially by date)...they seem to have a lot going for them and are very affordable relative to any other draped bust series.

ricko

Nice old copper and in great shape.... Cheers, RickO

asheland

I like it!

keyman64

Nice, congrats!

TwoSides2aCoin

I like the spike.

grip

Hard to pass up if your into that series..

Musky1011

Awesome, i like it

etexmike

I like old copper. Nice looking piece ya' got there.





Mike

CommemKing

I own one in my Dansco type set, but nowhere near that nice. Very nice coin and a very neat variety.

ChangeInHistory

I dig old copper and that's a nice piece

Msch1man you bring up a good point, and its an obsolete denomination as well.

dadams

Received this beauty today and she is better in person! A nice chocolatey brown and wholesomely original . . . I didn't realize it until today she is representative for the VF20 grade in CoinFacts, but I think she should be at least worth 5 more points than the slab grade:

Originally posted by: ProfLiz

One of the things I love about half cents is the cool naked-eye varieties, and the Spiked Chin may be queen of them all. Congrats!

I needed a Draped Bust Half Cent for type and wanted something with a bit of character. This variety is pretty cool and I could see collecting all the different die state progressions of this single one.

Originally posted by: msch1man

Draped bust half cents are great coins (in my opinion). I'm really surprised they aren't more popular as a series (especially by date)...they seem to have a lot going for them and are very affordable relative to any other draped bust series.

In fact, I just read this article by Greg Reynolds : Classic U.S. Coins for less than $500 each: Draped Bust Half Cents. Not a ton of coins, so that would keep my interest and it would be a cool little set when completed.



Thanks for all the comments!



-d