1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-17. Rarity-2. Grellman State-a. MS-65 BN (PCGS).,Lovely steel brown with faded red blended into the fields and strong mint luster. A very attractive early die state coin with a nuance of prooflike quality in the fields. A couple of small rim nicks have little effect on the overall appeal. <br />EAC:MS62<br />,PCGS# 406018.,,From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from Superior, October 1991:1158.