1853 1C Newcomb 12, BN MS(PCGS#397419)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1071

Grade

MS65BN

Price

840

Lot Description

1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-12. Rarity-1. Grellman State-b/c. MS-65BN (PCGS). Lustrous deep chocolate brown with traces of retained red clinging to some of the devices. A very pretty cent with just a tiny spot over AT of STATES. An intermediate state between Grellman's b and c. The O in OF is not connected to the leaf below, but the extra line in the N of ONE is gone. EAC:MS60+ PCGS# 397419. Provenance: From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from John P. Young; Stack's, March 1998:202.