1 Cent USA (1776 - ) Copper
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1851, United States. Copper Braided Hair Large Cent Coin.
Mint Year: 1851
Reference: KM-67.
Denomination: One Cent (Braided Hair)
Weight: 10.58gm
Material: Copper
Diameter: 28mm
Obverse: Bust of Lady Liberty with braided head left, wearing inscribed diadem. 13 stars around.
Exergue: LIBERTY – 1851
Reverse: Denomination in words (ONE CENT) within wreath.
Legend: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Facing more negative public reaction, the Coronet cents were redesigned in 1835 by new Chief Engraver Christian Gobrecht. This last major change to the coin updated the obverse by giving Liberty a slimmer, more youthful appearance. Minor tweaks continued through 1843, and the 1843 design prevailed through the end of mintage in 1857. Some 11 years after the large cent was discontinued, a mint employee coined several large cents dated 1868, almost certainly for sale as instant rarities to numismatists. Fewer than a dozen of these unofficial issues, struck in both bronze and copper-nickel, are known to survive.
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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1848 N-22 R1 MS60. Glossy medium brown with traces of faded mint red on both sides. There is a small nick-like chip on the chin and another just right of the lower curl, both as struck, plus a small rim nick under the stem tip and a shallow carbon spot on the left foot of in UNITED. The obvers ...
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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1848 N-21 R4- MS64. Lustrous bright original mint red mellowing to light steel brown on the highpoints, 75% of the original color remaining. Would qualify as a gem cent if not for a light vertical nick right of the nostril and a small splash of very light carbon in the dentils at the second S ...
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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1848 N-18 R4+ VF25. Ten points sharper with some light contact marks on each side, including a pair of dull pinpricks under the N in CENT. Lightly cleaned, now retoned glossy steel brown and golden tan with some very faded red in protected areas of the obverse. E-MDS, die state b, with the top ...
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1848 N-17 R1+ Repunched 1848 AU55. Sharpness very close to mint state but there are three tiny vertical nicks on the chin. Glossy light brown with frosty mint luster covering the fields and protected areas. Rare EDS, die state a, with repunching visible at the lower left on all 4 digits of the ...
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1848 N-16 R2 Repunched 184 VF25. Sharper by at least 5 points with a light horizontal scratch from star 3 to the center of the cheek. Otherwise smooth and attractive. Glossy medium brown and chocolate. Rare EDS, die state a, before the dies clashed. Clear repunching is visible at the left base ...
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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1848 N-15 R5 VG8. A couple points sharper with a dull nick on the rim under the first 8 and another between stars 4 & 5. Lightly cleaned, now nicely retoned glossy medium brown with dark steel brown in protected areas. Rare LDS, die state c, with fine die cracks at TES and MER. DWH #1328. Esti ...
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