The Col. Ellsworth Collection of Middle Date Large Cents

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate. Smooth and attractive, just lightly worn. Only a few minor contact marks including a thin horizontal nick i

Lustrous mint red fading to light steel brown with at least 20% of the mint red remaining. The only notable marks are a couple ticks under the eye an

Frosty light chocolate brown with lighter steel brown covering the protected areas. Nicely struck and very attractive with just a hint of friction on

Lustrous light olive brown and bluish steel with generous traces of mellowed mint red visible on both sides. The toning is a bit mottled on the obver

Frosty golden tan with hints of light bluish steel overtone. May have been dipped long ago but it is lustrous and it passed muster at PCGS. There is

Frosty light to medium olive. Looks mint state but there is a hint of rub on the highest points of the devices. The only mark is a splash of darker

Beautiful lustrous light olive and medium brown with traces of faded mint red showing in protected areas. No spots or stains and the surfaces are sat

Frosty light olive and steel brown with darker steel brown on the highpoints and lighter tan in protected areas, particularly on the reverse. The sur

Sharpness close to mint state but lightly cleaned and nicely retoned frosty medium steel brown with lighter steel brown in protected areas. There is

Glossy light olive and steel. Smooth and quite attractive but both sides have been lightly burnished and retoned. Too bad because this cent is sharp

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with golden tan faded down from mint color in protected areas, particularly on the obverse. Smooth and attrac

Frosty light olive and steel brown. Sharply struck with only microscopic marks. A splash of slightly darker toning under star 9 is the only mark vis

Glossy medium brown and light chocolate with lots of frosty lighter brown in protected areas on the reverse. Smooth and very attractive showing only

Glossy mix of medium brown and chocolate with frosty lighter brown and tan in protected areas on the reverse. Smooth and quite attractive. The only

Lustrous light to medium brown and chocolate, the obverse delicately mottled. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has mint state eye appeal in spit

Frosty steel brown and chocolate. Satiny luster covers the fields and protected areas. A sharp, very attractive cent. A small puff of slightly dark

Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate with peeps of lighter steel brown faded down from mint color in some of the protected areas, particularl

Lustrous medium steel brown with underlying golden tan faded down from mint color on the obverse. The only marks are two small puffs of darker chocol

Frosty medium steel brown and light chocolate delicately mottled with some lighter brown and tan tones on the obverse. The only mark is a planchet fl

Lustrous golden tan and steel brown with darker steel brown toning on the portrait. A puff of darker toning under star 7 is the only notable mark. L

Lustrous tan and steel with a hint of light bluish steel overtone and subtle hints of underlying very faded red on the reverse. Possibly dipped long

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with lighter brown in protected areas on the reverse. Flowline luster covers the fields on both sides, especi

Attractive glossy light olive brown and chocolate with slightly lighter steel brown toning on the highpoints. Smooth and nearly void of marks. The o

Choice lustrous light olive and steel. The surfaces are satiny, even the highpoints, and this cent has great eye appeal. The only notable mark is a

Lustrous mint red fading to steel brown and chocolate on the devices. About a third of the mint color remains. This cent is choice except for a dull

Frosty steel brown and light chocolate with lots of golden tan in protected areas on the reverse. The fields and protected areas are lustrous and the

Frosty light olive and bluish steel brown with a hint of underlying faded mint red showing on the left side of the reverse. The fields are satiny and

Glossy dark olive brown and steel. Covered with very fine roughness under the glossy toning, strongest on the reverse. No verdigris and only a few t

Covered with light to moderate roughness, strongest on the left half of both sides. No verdigris but there are a few contact marks including a small

Lustrous bluish steel brown with 10-15% of the mint color remaining. There are some light nicks on the top of the first 8 in the date, a few more off

Glossy olive brown and chocolate with frosty lighter golden tan toning faded down from mint color in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth and thi

Very attractive lustrous brown and light olive blending to slightly darker chocolate brown at the bottom of the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and

Glossy light olive and steel brown. Corrosion free surfaces show only minor contact marks, notably light nicks around ONE and a thin nick over the E

Choice glossy medium brown and light chocolate with frosty lighter brown in protected areas. Smooth and very attractive. Looks mint state but there

Lustrous golden tan with very subtle sea-green overtones. Hints of underlying very faded mint color show through in protected areas on the reverse.

Lustrous medium steel brown with generous traces of mint red remaining visible on the obverse. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has excellent ey

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate with underlying lighter brown in the fields and protected areas. Sharply struck except for weakness on the st

Frosty medium steel brown with traces of mint red in protected areas on both sides. Mint luster covers this cent and the eye appeal is excellent in s

Lustrous light steel brown with underlying faded mint red showing through in the fields and protected areas on both sides. Only minor marks including

Frosty tan and light brown. Looks mint state but there is a trace of friction on the highest points of the devices. The notable marks are a carbon s

Lustrous light brown and steel with a few tiny peeps of mint red remaining visible on the obverse. Nicely struck with excellent eye appeal and only a

Frosty light olive and steel. Satiny mint luster covers the fields and protected areas and this cent has mint state eye appeal in spite of a hint of

Glossy medium brown and chocolate delicately mottled with darker chocolate and olive brown on the obverse. A pinprick in the field midway between sta

Glossy steel and medium brown with darker olive brown covering the right side of the obverse and frosty lighter steel brown in protected areas. Mint

Frosty light brown with slightly darker steel brown toning on the highpoints. The fields and protected areas are lustrous and this cent has great eye

Frosty dark steel brown and chocolate. No spots or stains, only light contact marks including a couple small nicks on star 2, a few more on the trunc

Frosty steel brown and olive with underlying faded mint color showing through in the fields and protected areas. The surfaces are lightly oxidized an

Lustrous uniform medium steel brown and light olive with hints of underlying very faded mint color showing through in some protected areas. The surfa

Lustrous dark steel brown and olive with generous traces of mellowed red in protected areas, possibly from an old cleaning. Looks mint state but ther

Attractive glossy light to medium brown with frosty golden tan faded down from mint color in some protected areas. Mint frost covers the fields and p