The Col. Ellsworth Collection of Middle Date Large Cents

Glossy chocolate brown with a hint of reddish steel. Smooth with very sharp details and only microscopic marks. A tiny chip on the bust and a tick o

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. Smooth and attractive, just lightly worn on the highpoints. No notable marks or other defects. Later die s

Frosty bluish steel brown with about 15% of the mint red remaining visible on both sides. The surfaces are lustrous and the only notable marks are a

Lustrous bluish steel and light olive fading down from mint color with at least 20% of the red remaining. Nearly flawless, only a few microscopic def

Superb lustrous mellowed red fading to light steel brown on the obverse; the reverse is lustrous light steel brown with underlying very faded red in p

Choice lustrous light olive brown and bluish steel with traces of mint red on the obverse and at least half of the reverse showing bright mint red. T

Lustrous bluish steel brown and tan with mellowed red covering the protected areas on the obverse. Satiny and choice; void of any friction, spots, or

Lustrous medium brown and light chocolate with a bit of reddish brown toning at TES in STATES and a small puff of darker olive brown toning under the

Choice lustrous steel brown with 10% of the obverse and 20% of the reverse showing original mint red. The surfaces are satiny and this cent has outst

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate delicately woodgrained with lighter brown on the obverse. There is a hint of friction on the highpoints but o

Choice lustrous mint red fading to medium steel brown and light chocolate with a third of both sides showing slightly mellowed mint red. This cent ha

Frosty medium steel brown. The fields are satiny and this cent has very nice eye appeal. There is a touch of friction on the highest points of the d

Frosty medium brown and light chocolate. An attractive cent that has mint state eye appeal, but there is a trace of friction on the highest points of

Lustrous medium brown with hints of faded mint color showing through in protected areas on both sides. The fields are satiny and this cent has excell

Glossy light to medium brown with darker chocolate brown toning in protected areas. The surfaces are smooth but there are a few contact marks includi

Frosty light steel brown with lustrous tan and hints of faded mint red in protected areas. In addition there are a dozen specks of darker olive tonin

Glossy dark steel brown and olive with lighter brown toning in protected areas on both sides. The surfaces are smooth and the only notable marks are

Highly lustrous medium chocolate brown with reddish chocolate toning on the lower right quadrant of the obverse, darkest over star 12. The only mark

Choice glossy medium brown blending to light olive brown in protected areas with subtle overtones of light bluish steel on both sides. Satiny mint lu

Frosty medium chocolate brown and steel. Looks mint state at first glance but there is a touch of friction on the highpoints. The planchet is smooth