1853 Braided Hair Cent. N-29. Rarity-3. MS-63 BN (NGC).Incredibly lustrous with traces of sapphire iridescence around the design elements. An attractive piece with desirable provenance. Noyes Die State B/B.Ex Henry T. Hettger Collection; McCawley & Grellman Auctions sale of September 1997, lot 346; R. S. Brown, Jr. Collection; McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior Galleries sale of June 2002, lot 1244; Martin Paul; McCawley & Grellman Auctions/Superior Galleries sale of May 2003, lot 1044; the Goldbergs sale of the Dan Holmes Collection, Part IV, January 2011, lot 578.