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