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

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1073

Grade

MS63BN

Price

228

Lot Description

1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-12. Rarity-1. Grellman State- c. MS-63 BN (PCGS). Mottled deep olive and steel brown with a few traces of deeply faded red remaining close to the devices. No obvious distractions though a couple of tiny pinpricks are visible under magnification. EAC:MS60 PCGS# 397419. Provenance: From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions, January 1988:68; Wes Rasmussen, Superior, February 1998:413; Robinson S. Brown, Jr., Superior, June 2002:1175.