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