My half cent obsession continues with this 1804 Crosslet 4 with Stems. This is the first ANACS slabbed coin I have ever purchased and it's graded VF 30. This year has more varieties than any other half cent year (it also includes the "spiked chin") and this one looks like a C-9 (but please correct me if I'm wrong on that; the position of the "4" doesn't look right for a C-10). I don't see signs of the cud over "RTY" that this variety gradually formed, but the reverse appears to have an expected die defect at the "R". The Mint reported 1,055,312 struck for this year, a large mintage for a half cent, but subsequent research (as discussed in Eckberg's fantastic Half Cent book) suggests an even higher mintage of 1,275,000. Estimated survivors for C-9 number 1,200. This is a continuation of this earlier thread on Half Cents.
That is a beauty! I'd take it in a heartbeat. Congratulations. It is a C-9, and looks like die state 1.0.
It looks like a very early die state of the C-9 die pair. I'm thinking F15-VF20 (R5+). Well done! Lol...I didn't read your entire post. I'll change my grade to VF-30.
yakpoo, post: 7722697, member: 18157"]It looks like a very early die state of the C-9 die pair. I'm thinking F15-VF20 (R5+). Well done! Lol...I didn't read your entire post. I'll change my grade to VF-30. Interesting. Your "gut reaction" to the coin's grade was a borderline F/VF. Then you read the post noting that a TPGS graded it VF-30 and you changed your grade! What did you see ON THE COIN and not on the slab label that made you raise your grade 10-15 points?? It appears you know something about half cent attribution so your opinion must be an "educated" one. Just which one? Thanks
