Lot 145
1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin F15. Obverse Brockage. Very attractive glossy chocolate brown with frosty lighter steel brown toning in the protected areas. Possibly retoned long ago, but this piece offers excellent eye appeal. Just a few trivial ticks from flawless, including a small planchet chip in the field before the neck on the incuse side. This is a centered obverse brockage impression (the previously struck piece failed to eject from the press and this one was struck between the obverse die and the obverse of the struck half cent). The normal and incuse impressions are not rotated (they are aligned with each other, which indicates the earlier struck piece did not shift between strikes). The brockage impression is bold and the hair details on that side are stronger than those on the normal side since they are protected. Another great error, but it is a challenge to stand out in such a remarkable collection. The attribution to the C-8 die marriage is based on the die state, but you could argue for C-6 late--as if that really mattered. The "Spiked Chin" feature is clear. Davy #04.8.17.
Estimated Value $2,000-UP.
Ex Richard Picker collection (Mrs. Picker) via Stack's 2/15/89.
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