1853 1C N-5, BN MS(PCGS#405988)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1061

Grade

MS64BN

Price

630

Lot Description

1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-5. Rarity-2. Grellman State-a. MS-64BN (PCGS). Exceptionally uniform and attractive chocolate brown with a gentle mahogany tint. Lustrous and satiny with almost no marks worthy of mention. A subtle inactive spot is seen beneath the eye, but it really is not distracting on this beautiful cent. The early die state with fine repunching visible on the 5 and 3, called "scarce" by Grellman. EAC:MS62 PCGS# 405988. Provenance: From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from McCawley and Grellman, January 1996:611; Stuart MacDonald, Heritage, September 1997:5377.