1839 Braided Hair Cent. N-8. Rarity-1. Head of 1840. MS-63 BN (PCGS).This satiny and hard example is sharply to fully defined over the central design elements. Attractively toned in even medium brown, the surfaces are overall smooth and free of all but a few tiny, well scattered marks. Struck during a popular transitional year in the large cent series, Newcomb-8 is the only die marriage of the 1839 issue that displays the Braided Hair portrait that would become standard the following year. Conditionally scarce at the Choice Mint State grade level, there is much to recommend this coin to the advanced type or variety collector. Noyes Die State B/B.
