The Col. Ellsworth Collection of Middle Date Large Cents

Lustrous light brown with lighter steel brown and tan in the fields and protected areas. Slightly darker chocolate brown toning shows at stars 11-13

Glossy light olive and chocolate brown with smooth surfaces, but this cent has been cleaned and recolored. Obviously the retoning was good enough to

Mostly glossy olive brown and steel with lighter steel brown toning on the devices. The sharpness is a solid G4, even a bit better on the obverse, bu

Lustrous light brown and steel. There is a spot of dark olive brown toning left of star 6, a dull nick under the right corner of the eye, and a nick

Lustrous medium steel brown with frosty lighter brown faded down from mint color in protected areas, particularly on the reverse. The surfaces are sa

Frosty light olive and bluish steel. Probably lightly cleaned and retoned but the eye appeal of this cent is quite nice. This cent has mint state ey

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. The surfaces are smooth but dirt shows in the most-protected areas, particularly on the reverse. This cent

Glossy olive brown and steel with slightly lighter steel brown toning in protected areas. Smooth and attractive. The "Cleaned" assessmen...

Very attractive frosty light to medium brown. Satiny mint luster shows in the fields and protected areas and this cent has great eye appeal. Sharply

Glossy light chocolate brown. Smooth and attractive showing light wear and minor contact marks scattered over both sides. A small nearly horizontal