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
1849 N-2 R2 VF20. Five points sharper with many very tiny rim nicks on both sides, the strongest of these over the left side of the U in UNITED. Otherwise smooth and attractive. Glossy chocolate and steel brown. EDS, die state c, with crumbling that connects the tops of the C & E in CENT and f ...
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1848 N-46 R7+ VG7. Sharpness F12 but there is a rather deep dig at the right side of star 6, the rim over star 7 was slightly flattened, and there is a small splash of silvery solder or plating at the dentils under star 12. Both sides are covered with light contact marks, strongest a thin diag ...
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1848 N-44 R6 G5. Five points sharper but covered with very fine porosity. No verdigris, the only notable mark being a dull rim nick over the O in OF. Dark steel brown. Extremely rare terminal die state, die state c, with a very strong die crack from the dentils through ME. This is the discover ...
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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1848 N-42 R6 AU50. Glossy light steel brown, the reverse with delicate overtones of bluish steel and hints of faded mint red in protected areas. There is a small spot of darker olive toning left of star 1 and a tiny vertical nick on the chin, but overall this cent is very attractive with great ...
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1848 N-41 R1 EF45. Five points sharper with a couple light marks on the cheek and a nick in the field under the chin Frosty light steel brown with mint luster covering the protected areas. Scarce EDS, die state a, without crumbling in the notch on the left side of the second 8. DWH #1371. Esti ...
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1850 N-27 R4. PCGS graded MS-64 Red & Brown. Lustrous steel and light olive brown with nearly a third of the mint red remaining, mostly on the obverse. A spot of reddish chocolate toning over star 9, another at the dentils under the right side of the 8 in the date, and a third on the bust tip ...
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