1804 Half Cent Variety Question. Is this an extremely rare C3?

Hey all, I just acquired a small type set with an 1804 Half Cent in it. I've never really looked up varieties for these older coins, but I know that they can vary a lot from coin to coin. I came across the old coinfacts site with pictures of the different varieties (I don't have any Cohen books) and my specimen looks exactly like this one (to me) and might be extremely rare / valuable? Here is the link that I found;

http://www.coinfacts.com/half_cents/1804_half_cents/1804_half_cent_c03.htm

And here is my half cent



From what I've read this is possibly the die from the "spiked chin" variety before the die was damaged to create the spiked chin. Also, the Cohen # may have changed to early state C5?? I don't know. I know my odds of this coin being worth thousands is probably slim to none, but I default to your expertise here to set me straight either way. Thanks!

 

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After further examination, I think this might be a C8 variety. I lloked more closely at the chin and it seems there is a SLIGHT spike. It's more noticable that it is kind of "fuzzy" around the chin sintead of havinga hard edge like most other varieties. Anyone else have any input?

 

nice coin, but not thousands, more like $150 ish

 

I would concur with your C8 conclusion. The placement of the 4 in the date and the last A of America almost touching the ribbon did it for me.

 

I concur as well with C-8 with the spike on the obverse, but I looked at the point of the leaf under M to conclude it was C-8. The prior varieties are further right than this.

For your information, C-3 is actually the same obverse die as C-8 but an earlier die state before the spike developed. But the reverse indicates the coin was struck at a later stage.

After a little more investigation, the most identifiable feature on the reverse is the spike (die break) above R to the rim.