FREE: 1854 Braided Hair Large Cent

The listing, 1854 Braided Hair Large Cent has ended.

Please look closely at the photos this coin has several deep scratches on the face still for it's age I think it is in good condition.

THIS IS A GENUINE ORIGINAL 1854 UNITED STATES MATRON LIBERTY HEAD BRAIDED HAIR LARGE CENT COPPER COIN.....MINTED IN PHILADELPHIA....WEIGHT IS LISTED AT 10.89 GRAMS, CONSISTING OF 100% COPPER..DIAMETER IS 27.5 MM..MATRON LIBERTY HEAD IS ON THE OBVERSE..ONE CENT IN WREATH IS ON THE REVERSE..IT HAS A PLAIN EDGE...DESIGNER WAS CHRISTIAN GOBRECHT..LARGE CENTS STARTED IN 1793 AND LASTED TO 1857

**** YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THESE EARLY COINS CIRCULATED A LOT AND WENT THROUGH SOME HARD TIMES...PLEASE LOOK AT THE ITEM CLOSELY AND ENLARGE TO SEE THE DETAILS BEFORE BIDDING ****...

For collectors, the Braided Hair large cent is a very consistent series. Over the course of its issue years of 1839 through 1857, there were no radical design changes, no years were skipped, and in only one year was there a noticeable falloff in mintage numbers. With Braided Hair large cents, you almost don’t have to worry about which ones are the better dates, or which ones are common. Virtually all the dates, save one, are common dates. But while this coin series may contain no great rarities, the Braided Hair large cent will forever go down in history as our nation’s last large cent.

Engraver Christian Gobrecht is responsible for the Braided Hair large cent design. It’s basically similar to the earlier Coronet Head large cent design of 1816-39, but what’s interesting is this: from 1835 through 1839, the large cent was already morphing into the Braided Hair design. The liberty bust on the 1835-39 large cents are clearly different from the standard Coronet Head busts of 1816-34—sharper noses, thinner faces, tighter curls. These 1835-39 Coronet Head large cents (given such sub-type names as “Silly Head” and “Booby Head”) more resemble the Braided Hair large cents than the Coronet Head large cents they are classified under!