2024 EAC Sale

EARLY CENTS AUCTIONS

LOT 124 1804 C-5 R3+ Spiked Chin F15. Ten points sharper but both sides show many small nicks, none notable but far too many for the sharpness grade. Glossy medium chocolate brown with frosty lighter steel brown in protected areas. M-LDS, Manley state 4.0, with several die cracks on the reverse. The “Spiked Chin” feature is obvious.

LOT 123 1804 C-5 R3+ Spiked Chin VF20. Glossy light olive brown and chocolate. No roughness or verdigris, only minor contact marks. A thin nick over the hair ribbon and another hidden in clashmarks before the neck are the notable marks. LDS, Manley state 5.0 early, Fuhrman state 2.0. The Spiked Chin feature is obvious.

Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/2013:76 (lot ticket included)

Ex 2020 EAC Sale, Early Cents Auctions 8/8/2020:68 (lot ticket included)

 DOUBLE STRUCK 1804 C-6

LOT 125 1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF20. Slightly sharper but lightly cleaned and very nicely retoned glossy light olive and tan blending to light chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive showing only minor contact marks including a tiny rim nick over the A in STATES. Double struck over an obverse brockage strike. The first strike was an obverse brockage that was centered on the planchet. The second strike was centered on the planchet as well, but it was rotated about 5 degrees CCW relative to the first impression on the obverse. The doubling is clearly visible on the date and most of the portrait. In addition there is clear obverse brockage undertype showing on the reverse including an incuse 04 from the date at S-O and parts of LIBERTY at the fraction and ICA. A great mint error. EDS, Manley state 1.0. The “Spiked Chin” feature is obvious.

Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions 1/29/2012:66-McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 1/25/2015:119 (includes both lot tickets)

LOT 126 1804 C-6 R2 Spiked Chin VF25. Five points sharper with a few small contact marks including a tiny scratch in the drapery above the 0 and a couple dull ticks under the U in UNITED. The surfaces are smooth and the eye appeal of this piece is excellent. Terminal die state, Manley 12.0, Fuhrman 20, with many cud breaks on the reverse plus a tiny cud break at the left top of the O in OF. In addition there is a triple profile on the cud over the M in AMERICA (a feature sometimes found on late state examples; mentioned on page 136 of the Manley reference).

LOT 127 1804 C-7 R4 Spiked Chin VG10. Glossy dark steel and olive brown. Smooth with only minor marks including a small tick on top of the 0 in the date, a light scratch in the field left of the lower curls, and a dull nick off the upper edge of the hair ribbon. E-MDS Manley state 4.0, with die cracks on the reverse but no cud breaks. The Spiked Chin feature is clear.

Ex Thomas D. Reynolds 12/2003-Stoebner, McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Goldbergs 9/8/2009:2259 (includes the Reynolds envelope and lot ticket)



Saturday, May 18 th , 2024 5PM EST

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