1848 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent - Sm Dt Breen-1901 Fantasy
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- Price realized
- $10,800
- Sold
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- AU55BN
- Auction house
- Goldberg Auctioneers
Description
Part of the Braided Hair Coronet Head Cents 1839-1857 series, the 1848 Braided Hair Coronet Head Cent - Sm Dt Breen-1901 Fantasy is a counterfeit made outside the Mint, probably to circulate in its own day, and listed by PCGS as a fantasy. The obverse features Liberty facing left with braided hair swept up and held by a beaded cord, wearing a headband inscribed LIBERTY and the reverse displays a wreath enclosing ONE CENT. Struck in copper, weighing 10.89 grams, 27.5 mm in diameter, with a plain edge. Cataloged as PCGS #403850.
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