1843 Braided Hair Large Cent Copper US Type Coin VERY FINE Petite Head M2 VF 1c

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1843 Braided Hair Large Cent Copper US Type Coin VERY FINE Petite Head M2 VF 1c:
$44.95

This is an 1843 Braided Hair US Copper Large Cent.

United States made Braided Hair Cents between 1839 and 1857.

We won’t try to grade this coin, as many defects and issuesmake it hard for us to make a good assessment.

But if we had to grade it…

We grade this coin as Very Fine but please judge foryourself.

Guaranteed to be Genuine and old, this coin is from a very largecollection of early copper large cent and half cents we recently purchased.

Many of the coins in this collection are a bit rough and orporous / corroded in condition.

Look for lots of varieties and condition in the upcomingitems.

Note: A variety is simply a coin struck from a uniqueobverse/reverse die pairing. There are 295 different Sheldon varieties in all.

Other Large Cent references are –

United States Copper Cents 1816-1857 by Howard Newcomb

United States Large Cents 1816-1839, by William C. Noyes

Many other research books are available if searched for onthe internet.

This is a YG coin – You grade it.

This coin is uncertified – defined as a RAW coin

The coin in the photo is the coin you receive.

Braided Hair Cents 18431C

SPECIFICATIONS

Mint: Philadelphia

Mintage: 2,425,342

Obverse Designer: Christian Gobrecht

Reverse Designer: Christian Gobrecht

Composition: Copper

Weight: 10.8900g

Diameter: 27.5mm

Edge: Plain