1849 Braided Hair Cent. N-5. Rarity-3. MS-65 RB (PCGS).Plenty of frosty mint-orange color remains on both sides of this handsome coin. The surfaces are warmly patinated in mottled gray-brown that is a bit bolder on the reverse. Sharply struck over virtually all design elements with a smooth appearance in hand. A small obverse spot is out of the way and well concealed within the denticles outside star 11. Noyes Die State B/E.Ex Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society; Heritages sale of the Eric P. Newman Collection, Part V, November 2014, lot 3156.