1853 1C Newcomb 30, RB MS(PCGS#406051)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1088

Grade

MS64RB

Price

720

Lot Description

1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-30. Rarity-1. Grellman State-a. MS-64RB (PCGS). Generous faded red remains over both sides, probably 40-50% of the original color. Other areas have mellowed to light steel brown. One small nick on Liberty's jaw, and a rough patch on her neck which is as made. Close to Condition Census. EAC:MS63 PCGS# 406051. Provenance: From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from Doug Bird; Alan Bloom; Gary Ruttenberg, McCawley and Grellman, August 1996:551; Robinson S. Brown, Jr., Superior, June 2002:1248.