1855 Braided Hair Cent. N-1. Rarity-3. Upright 5s. MS-65 BN (PCGS).This frosty example exhibits dominant copper brown patina, although generous amounts of mint red remain, especially on the obverse. A few light spots are scattered about, the most significant on the obverse border outside star 13. Tied for CC#10 in the Grellman census. Noyes Die State B/B.Ex Kagins sale of the Philip Van Cleave Collection, February 1986, lot 4408; Dick Punchard, November 9, 1989; Ira & Larry Goldbergs sale of the Dan Holmes Collection of Late Date Large Cents, January-February 2011, lot 626. Goldbergs lot tag, J.R. Grellman tag and collector envelopes with attribution and provenance notes included.
