1804 C-8 R1 Spiked Chin. PCGS graded MS-64 Brown. Choice lustrous bluish steel and olive. The surfaces are satiny and virtually flawless offering great eye appeal. The best identifying marks, and they are microscopic, are a tiny tick on the lower lip, another on the end of the chin, and a thin, very light scuff along the dentil tips left of the L in LIBERTY. E-MDS, Manley state 2.0 late, with a fine die crack from the top of the L to the rim above and more than half the dentils clearly visible. The "Spiked Chin" feature is obvious and the reverse is rotated 10 degrees CCW.
Our grade is MS60+, very close to MS63. The attribution, Spiked Chin feature, and Whister provenance are all noted on the PCGS label. Noyes photo #73668. Weight 86.2 grains.
PCGS population 3; none finer at PCGS. Estimated Value $4,000-UP.
Ex McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior 6/1/1998:40-Tom Reynolds (who had it stolen and subsequently returned 7/2000) 3/31/2001.
The Whister Collection
