1843 Braided Hair Cent. N-2, 7. Rarity-1. Petite Head, Small Letters. MS-64+ BN (PCGS). CAC. A hard and satiny example with an overall smooth, nearly Gem-quality appearance to both sides. The strike is sharp throughout, and the surfaces are toned in glossy antique copper with a few swirls of slightly lighter color evident. A couple of dull obverse marks around star 1 are mentioned for provenance purposes. Grellman Die State b, cataloged in its Goldberg sale appearance as "the spur from the left base of the N in ONE is barely visible." Ex Del Bland, June 1968; Carl Windon, March 1988; Del Bland, April 1988; Bob Vail; Doug Bird and Tom Reynolds, February 1998; Phyllis Thompson; Ira & Larry Goldbergs Pre-Long Beach Auction of January 2010, lot 506; Heritages FUN Signature Auction of January 2019, lot 3917.
