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Originally Posted by Fish  Sorry it took me a while to get back to you, things have been a bit busy. Your coin is indeed the same variety as in my post, 1804 Cohen 6 (C6). Yours is an example of Manley die state 3.0, which I'm missing. The middle die states can be fairly tough to find. I would say your coin has the a details grade of 7, net to 5 for what appears to be light roughness and uneven wear. Still, it looks consideraby nicer than the majority of half cents I saw at the show today. About 50% had been cleaned, many harshly, and those that hadn't been were mostly corroded, damaged, or generally ugly. I did see one 1794 C( with a nice VF obverse, but the reverse was heavily corroded. Shame, because the obverse was really pretty.
But I digress.
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Fish, Thanks for the attribution. Yes, you are right on the money (pun intended). C-6, Manley 3.0, EAC 7. I have to say that I never fully appreciated the die state progression until your post. To see them lined up like that is really revealing and makes me think more about how these coins were actually minted. Now to have one of my coins that I can view in light of your progression is just fantastic. Just what I needed -- another obsession.
John
