Navy blue toning trapped within light brown rims turns iridescent under a light, exposing violet, pale green, and gold halos around design elements. Both sides are very well struck and lightly reflective, a bit more so on the reverse than obverse. A wire rim surrounds the obverse from left of 6:00 to 11:00. A raised dark speck is seen between the bases of 18; a larger spot between the tops of those digits is simply a toning variation. A very fine lintmark lays horizontally below the space between 52, and "planchet chips," caused by detritus on the die face, are seen on the reverse above the tip of the upper left serif of L in HALF and far below CE of CENT. The visual appeal is lovely, as this piece has clearly enjoyed careful preservation since it was first struck for a collector before the Civil War.With the dispersal of the Missouri Cabinet, the McGuigan Collection is unchallenged as the finest intact cabinet of half cents. McGuigan has placed four sets of half cents in the PCGS Set Registry Hall of Fame. This example was in the McGuigan Collection for years prior to 2010 when a new purchase allowed it to be upgraded. The Missouri Cabinet included two 1852 First Restrike half cents, the Ruby coin graded Proof-66 BN (PCGS) and the Newcomb-Green coin graded Proof-64 RB (PCGS).