1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-18. Rarity-1. Grellman State-a. MS-65BN (PCGS).,Gently mottled dark chocolate and steel brown accented by bold mint luster on both sides. A pair of tiny planchet flakes or strike throughs are noted behind the portrait and are as made. Another really lovely 1853 cent. The early die state. <br />EAC:MS62+<br />,PCGS# 406021.,,From the Twin Leaf Collection of United States Large Cents, Part IV. Earlier from Philip Van Cleave, Kagins, January 1986:4399; Wes Rasmussen, Superior, February 1998:420.