1848 Braided Hair Large Cent (1c)

Gorgeous Gem Brown with velvety, satiny luster that rolls evenly across fully original mahogany-cinnamon surfaces. The color is wonderfully uniform with faint red-orange undertones and a touch of olive in the recesses, giving this example an honest, unfooled-with look and excellent eye appeal. Sharply executed details with notably smooth fields for the issue - a tiny tick or two at most, nothing that challenges the lofty grade. Housed in an NGC holder with the Newcomb attribution on the label (N-25), this specimen has that clean, glossy skin we all hunt for in high-end large cents.