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
1846 N-24 R7+ Tall Date Proof-Only. PCGS graded Proof 65 Red & Brown. Bright blazing mint red just starting to mellow to bluish steel on the highpoints. The only defects are a small, faint spot of slightly lighter toning under star 2 and a microscopic speck between two dentils under star 13. O ...
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1846 N-19 R4 MS60+. Glossy light bluish steel brown with 5% of the red remaining on the obverse, traces on the reverse. There is a tiny nick high on the cheekbone and a thin planchet lamination on the outer edge of the rim over NIT (looks like a small rim cud), as struck. Sharp E-MDS, die stat ...
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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1846 N-19 R4 EF45. Five points sharper with a small patch of very fine carbon at the top of star 1 and a barely visible rim bruise under star 12. Glossy light brown with some darker olive brown toning over star 1. Sharply struck EDS, die state a, with an uncracked reverse. DWH #1017. Estimated ...
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1846 N-18 R1 VF20. Slightly sharper with some light nicks scattered about the obverse, the strongest of these located on the center of the neck. Glossy chocolate brown with light brown highpoints. EDS, die state a, with an uncracked reverse. DWH #1014. Estimated Value $20-UP. Ex Bob Miller 1/1 ...
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1846 N-16 R5 Tall Date AU58. Mint state sharpness with a light rim bruise at star 7. Lustrous bluish steel brown with traces of faded mint red on the reverse. Nicely struck EDS, die state a. The obverse die is unbroken. An attractive example in spite of the minor defect. CC#2 overall but fines ...
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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1846 N-15 R4+ VG8. Sharpness F15 with a few light contact marks on the cheek and a few patches of light to moderate corrosion on the reverse, the largest at TE in UNITED. The remainder of the reverse is covered with fine granularity, but there is no verdigris. Olive and steel brown, the obvers ...
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