Lot 233
1853 Braided Hair Half Cent. . C-1. PCGS graded MS-63 Brown and Del Bland graded MS-60. A bit better but between stars four and five is a minor scratch and below T in UNITED is a tiny nick. Medium brown with some mint red.
Here is another beautiful half cent, with choice surfaces and only a few minor handling marks. Greatly enhanced by the original mint red still adhering in the fields. Sharply struck and well preserved.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
Ex: John Boss, circa 1945 as "Red Unc."
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