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Frosty steel brown and light chocolate with faded mint color in the protected areas on both sides. No roughness, just minor contact marks. A thin, l

Glossy light to medium brown with reddish brown toning at the top of the obverse. Smooth with only trivial marks including some microscopic rim nicks

Choice glossy medium brown with mint frost covering the protected areas on both sides. Just trivial contact marks and very light wear on the devices.

The sharpness is very close to mint state but the obverse was lightly cleaned and retoned. The reverse is lustrous and original with 15% of the mint

Glossy light to medium brown with frost in protected areas on the reverse. Smooth with no notable marks, just light wear. MDS, die state b, with an

A choice cent except for a splash of dark toning at star 2, and the dark area shows microscopic traces of carbon mixed with very faint scratches (obvi

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. No roughness, just small contact marks including a dull rim nick at the E in UNITED. MDS, Grellman state c,

Glossy olive brown with lighter olive and brown highpoints. The toning is a bit uneven on the reverse but the surfaces are smooth and void of notable

Glossy light to medium chocolate brown. Sharp and attractive with mint state eye appeal, but there are faint hairlines on both sides and a dull scrat

Lustrous golden tan with faded mint color in protected areas on the reverse. A sharp cent with nice eye appeal but a glass reveals fine hairlines on

Choice frosty medium brown and light chocolate with 10-15% of the planchet showing mint red. The toning on the obverse has a very subtle woodgrained

Frosty light chocolate delicately woodgrained with light brown on the obverse. Sharply struck with smooth surfaces are minor contact marks. A dull r

Glossy medium brown with slightly darker steel brown on the obverse highpoints. Frost shows in protected areas on the reverse. Smooth and attractive

Glossy light to medium chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive with only trivial marks. A tick on the upper part of the 1 in the date can help identi

Includes 1846 N-19 R4 EDS ANACS graded F12, 1847/47 N-2 R3 Large 7 over Small 7 MDS ANACS graded F12, and 1851/81 N-3 R1 Overdate 51 over Inverted 18

Glossy light brown. Smooth and the only mark is a small spot of reddish brown toning just right of star 7. EDS, die state a, before any rim cud brea

Sharpness close to mint state but lightly cleaned. No marks, just light friction on the highest points of the devices. Frosty olive brown and steel

Glossy steel brown and light chocolate. Smooth and evenly worn with no meaningful marks. A tiny tick on the nose even with the bottom of the eye is

Very attractive glossy light olive and brown. Flawless except for a few tiny but fresh scratches: one on the base of the second 8, two more on the ri

Frosty medium brown and light olive with traces of very faded mint red remaining visible on the reverse. Satiny and attractive. The only notable mar

Sharpness at least 5 points better but there are some contact marks including a nick high on the neck and a minor rim bruise at NI in UNITED. There a

Attractive glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The surfaces are smooth and this cent would rate a grade of at least VF30 if not for a pair of mi

Frosty light olive blending to light chocolate in protected areas. Microscopic specks of darker olive brown are sprinkled over the obverse, and these

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with mint frost in protected areas. A choice cent, free of marks with only very light wear on the devices. E

Slightly sharper but there are a few minor rim bruises, none notable. Glossy light olive with a few small splashes of reddish brown on the reverse.

Frosty light golden brown with traces of lighter reddish tan faded down from mint color in protected areas on the obverse. A tiny speck of darker ton

Frosty light olive brown and steel with generous traces of mellowed mint red on both sides. Sharp with solid mint state eye appeal but there are some

Frosty light steel brown. Sharply struck with just a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. The only marks are some tiny pin pricks betwe

Frosty light steel brown with subtle overtones of light bluish steel on the obverse. Choice except for a small spot of raised corrosion at the tip of

Lustrous light olive and steel brown with about 20% of the planchet showing mint color. Sharply struck and the only mark is a spot of very fine carbo

Lustrous light golden olive with underlying mellowed mint red covering a third of the obverse and 10% of the reverse. The only marks are a curved str

Slightly sharper but weakly struck on the tip of the coronet, as usual for this variety. Glossy steel brown with frosty tan in protected areas. The

Frosty light olive with golden tan in protected areas. Delicately mottled with slightly darker olive brown toning on both sides. Very sharply struck

A sharply struck mint state cent that was cleaned. Golden tan and light brown with medium brown at the ear and cheek. No notable marks. E-MDS, die

Glossy steel brown and light olive. Lightly cleaned leaving faint hairlines. The cleaning appears to have been a wipe with a cloth, not a chemical p

Glossy light steel brown and olive. Lightly cleaned and there are some small spots, the largest under star 13. A few of the spots contain traces of

Mint red mellowing to light steel brown with more than half the original mint color remaining on both sides. Sharply struck with reflective fields on

The obverse is frosty red fading to steel and light olive with about half the red remaining. The reverse is frosty light olive. Looks choice but the

Glossy light olive and reddish brown blending to reddish chocolate in protected areas. Recolored but sharp and attractive. No marks. M-LDS, die sta

Frosty medium brown with darker steel brown on the obverse highpoints. Smooth and the only mark is a dull vertical nick or planchet chip in the cente

Lustrous bright mint red mellowing to light steel brown with about 75% of the planchet showing mint color. A bit softly struck at the top of the obve

Frosty tan and light olive. The only mark is a light nick on the edge at star 1. LDS, die state b. The earlier die line at the top of the second S

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with frost in protected areas. Smooth and attractive with minor marks including a couple hairline scratches a

Glossy steel brown and light olive with tiny puffs of reddish brown toning on both sides. Smooth with trivial marks including two hairline scratches

Lightly cleaned with narrow upset rims (type II). Likely intended for a Petite Head Cent 1836-1843. Housed in an NGC slab listed as Mint Error 10.9

Slightly glossy chocolate brown with minor roughness and a couple scratches. Type II with narrow upset rims, likely intended for a Petite Head Cent 1

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. The only mark is a minor rim bruise. Wide upset rims (type II), likely intended for a Mature Head Cent 1843

Mostly glossy medium brown and light chocolate with areas of dark scale on both sides. Otherwise smooth with a few small chips. Wide upset rims (typ

Glossy golden tan. Ready for striking with upset rims (type II). Weight 123.5 grains, 26.5 millimeter diameter.

Glossy chocolate brown. Smooth except for two pits at the star right of the date. The only contact marks are some well-toned scratches through NOT.