1853 1C Newcomb 17, BN MS(PCGS#406018)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1077

Grade

MS65BN

Price

1,200

Lot Description

1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-17. Rarity-2. Grellman State-b. MS-65BN (PCGS). Light steel brown with generous orange red accents in the more protected field areas. A few very light surface abrasions are noted on the obverse, but the eye appeal is very nice. Grellman's state b, but early, with traces of the obverse die lines still detected. EAC:MS62 PCGS# 406018. Provenance: From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from Tom Reynolds, 1999.