1849    N-24                R3       VF25+                                     $    400
Rim Cud at Star 13. Sharper by at least 5 points with a few too many light contact marks for the higher grade. Extremely rare LDS, die state c, with a strong rim cud break at star 13 extending more than halfway up to star 12. CC#4 of only 6 known.

1850    N-7                  R1       MS64                                      $ 1,050
Virtually full mint red with some mellowing on the obverse. A tiny spot between stars two and three. Nice coin.

1853    N-23                R4       MS60                                      $   950
Lustrous brown with races of red around the stars and legends. MDS. Third finest known of a scarce variety. Ex. Floyd Starr-Robbie Brown.

 
1854    N-12                            PCGS PR64                            $ 9,750
Superb deep chocolate with some tan and bluish steel. Nice deep mirrors and a full sharp strike. This proof variety comes in two emissions. The earliest with broad, sharply square rims and a later emission with slightly dished rims. This is from the much to be preferred earliest state with sharp, square rims. Nice Large Cent Proofs are becoming rare.

 
1854    N-20                R3       MS63                                      $    900
A few spots, but about 85% full mint red. Rare for an 1854 cent.

                        SECOND FINEST KNOWN 1854 N-26

 1854    N-26                R3       MS63                                      $   850
Mint red fading to steel brown and chocolate, half the original color remaining, mostly on the reverse. The only marks are a small spot of darker toning at the lower left point of  star 4 and a tiny rim nick over star 6. Tied for CC#2.

 
                        FINEST KNOWN 1854 N-28

 1854    N-28                R5       MS62                                      $ 2,500
Lustrous bluish steel brown and chocolate with 15% of the mint red remaining on the obverse, 25% on the reverse. A choice example if not for a thin diagonal nick over star 3. The revere is flawless. E-MDS, die state b early, with sharp doubling on much of the reverse legend. Tied for CC#1 honors with one other example.

1855    N-3                              MS60                                      $   600
Lustrous light brown with a trace of mint red. Early die state. CC level.

1855    N-4                  R1       MS60                                      $   950
Four Rim Cuds Reverse. Lustrous steel brown and chocolate with 20% of the slightly faded mint red remaining on the obverse, traces on the reverse. LDS, die state f, with a series of 4 strong rim cud breaks above STATES. Tied for CC#5 of those known with these cud breaks.

1855    N-4                  R1       EF40                                       $   185
Nice brown. Very scarce LDS, but prior to Terminal State. There are two reverse die breaks on the reverse.

 
1856    N-21                            MS60+                                    $   425
Lustrous light brown with splashes of mint red on the reverse.

 
1857    N-2                              MS62    Small Date                $   950
Sharply struck chocolate with a trace of red. Problem free.