Lot 421
1820/19 Braided Hair Cent. . N-1. Del Bland graded EF-40. Dark chocolate brown with pleasing surfaces and nearly perfectly clean. Opposite the mouth and on the chin are three tiny unimportant nicks, over the eye is a hairline scratch and on two denticles midway between the date and star 13 is evidence of a small carbon spot.
Actually, the overdate shows a 1 under the 2, with no evidence of the 9 under 0, but the 18 are also recut.
Estimated Value $200 - 400.
Ex: B. Max Mehl, privately 5/4/46 at $5.
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| Realized $460 |
