Late Dates
1857


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Set Details
Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: CENTS - CORONET, BRAIDED HAIR
Item Description: 1C 1857 LARGE DATE N-1
Grade: NGC MS 65 RB
Owner: Electric Peak
 
Winning Set: Late Dates
Date Added: 3/12/2005
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

NGC graded MS 65 RB<br />Variety: N-1(b)<br /><br />Unlike many mint state 1857 large cents I have seen, this piece is fairly well struck throughout, including full, sharp LIBERTY and coronet tip. The toning is a little uneven, but there is a good amount of original color, easily justifying the RB designation.<br /><br />I bought this coin from Butternut (Col. Steve Ellsworth) at a Baltimore show. He typically has a lot of nice "collector grade" material, plus several higher grade pieces, like this one. Indeed, it was an 1850 65RB cent I found at the Butternut table at the March 2004 Baltimore show that led me to refocus my recently rekindled love of coins toward building a nice set of large cents.

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