1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-12. Rarity-1. Grellman State-a. MS-65+ BN (PCGS).Rich chocolate and olive surfaces with faint striations and nuances of pale blue one the obverse. The reverse exhibits some retained faded red in the central fields. Satiny and lustrous with just a couple of tiny obverse nicks. Grellmans middle die state with a tiny lump at T in LIBERTY.From Bowers and Merena, January 1990:1226; Robert F. Lomprey Sr. (an old-time EAC member and specialist in 1853 large cents); Superior, February 2000:2314; Twin Leaf Collection, Part III, November 2016, lot 1192.
