Lot 1008
One of the Finest Known 1814 Large Cents. PCGS graded MS-65 Brown. The Classic Head design has always been very difficult to locate in high grades. Most of the planchets were just downright ugly--some sort of army surplus junk, or whatever. Thus, most classic Large Cents are dark and porous. Few were preserved as the new nation suffered indignities at the hands of Mother England, which tried to call its lost American colony back into the nest. Not so here as this coin was struck on a clean planchet, with none of the porosity which so often dogs others of this type. Identifiable by a tiny planchet pit on Liberty's nose. Evenly toned with brown to dark brown colors; and some luster still livens up the fields.
One of the Finest Known of the date and type, with 2 coins graded this high by PCGS, with a single coin graded higher.
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