1853 1C N-26, RB MS(PCGS#46833)

November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1084

Grade

MS63RB

Price

432

Lot Description

1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-26. Rarity-2. Grellman State-b. MS-63RB (PCGS). Generous faded red in the fields while the most exposed areas have mellowed to steel brown. Just a trace of a fingerprint is detected on the obverse when using magnification. Lustrous and pleasing. The middle die state. EAC:MS60+ PCGS# 46833. Provenance: From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from Mid-American Rare Coin Auctions, September 1985:15; Wes Rasmussen, Superior, February 1998:429.