1851 Braided Hair Cent. N-15. Rarity-4. MS-65 RD (PCGS). CAC.<strong>Type:</strong> Braided Hair.<p><strong>Design:</strong> Obv: A head of Liberty faces left with 13 stars around the border and the date 1851 below. She is wearing a coronet inscribed LIBERTY, her hair tied into a bun at the back of her head by a beaded cord. Rev: A circular wreath encloses the denomination ONE CENT with the legend UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the border.<p><strong>Weight Standard:</strong> 10.89 grams.<p><strong>Diameter:</strong> 27.5 mm.<p><strong>Die Variety:</strong> Newcomb-15. Obv: There is a tiny die chip at Libertys earlobe, faint die spurs at the main curl at the back of the head. This obverse die also appears in the 1851 N-26 pairing. Rev: Tiny spurs are evident within the lower right corner of the letter O in ONE, at the lower left of the letter E in the same word, and at the upper left of the letter N in CENT. The 1851 N-15 represents the only use of this reverse die.<p>Most die marriages of this issue correspond to the normal date <em>Guide Book</em> listing of the 1851 Braided Hair cent.<p><strong>Die State:</strong> Grellman b, Noyes B/C. Obv: The die is worn with the fields rough and lightly flowlined, points at Libertys throat from earlier state no longer evident, only two faint spurs remain at the main curl at the back of the head. Rev: The reverse die is also worn with most denticles faint to nearly absent, field a bit rough with light flowlines.<p><strong>Edge:</strong> Plain.<p><strong>Mintage for the Issue:</strong> 9,889,707 coins.<p><strong>Estimated Surviving Population for the Die Variety:</strong> Rarity-4: 118 to 158 coins in all grades.<p><strong>Strike:</strong> The central design elements are smartly impressed with sharp to full detail throughout. The peripheries are a bit soft due to die state, denticulation blunt in areas, yet all devices suitably bold. Most of the stars around the obverse border are also blunt with incomplete centrils.<p><strong>Surfaces:</strong> Frosty surfaces glow with full mint orange color. Both sides are as nice as would be expected at the assigned grade with only a few wispy handling marks and faint carbon flecks. Small spots on the obverse between stars 8 and 9 and on the reverse at the left base of the letter T in CENT will serve to track this coin in future market appearances.<p><strong>Commentary:</strong> One of the more popular die marriages of this high mintage issue for type purposes, the 1851 Newcomb-15 is relatively plentiful in Mint State thanks to a hoard. All of the hoard coins are in Grellman Die State b; Die State a is unknown in Mint State. One of the nicest examples of the type, date and variety that we have handled in recent years, this coin will please even the most discerning numismatist. Condition Census.PCGS# 1894. NGC ID: 226H.PCGS Population (all die marriages of the normal date variety): 18; 1 finer in this category (MS-66 RD finest).<p>CAC Population: 4; 0.From the ESM Collection. Earlier from Heritages FUN Auction of January 2009, lot 278.
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