1857 1C N-4, RB MS(PCGS#403970)

The August 2013 Chicago ANA World's Fair of Money

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1517

Grade

MS65

Price

4,700

Lot Description

1857 Braided Hair Cent. N-4. Rarity-1. Noyes Die State B/C. Small Date. MS-65 RB (PCGS). CAC. Considerable mint red luster remains on both sides, mingling nicely with mottled lilac-brown toning; you'll wonder where the R begins and the B leaves off on this beauty. The strike is bold at the centers and soft at the rims, as virtually always seen for the date or type. No marks of any magnitude are to be found, though we note a planchet flaw, trivial and as struck, in the reverse field at NT in the denomination. An altogether pleasing example of the terminal date in the large cent denomination. PCGS# 1932.