BRAIDED HAIR LARGE CENTS (1839-1857)
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Designer: Christian Gobrecht
Diameter: 27.5 millimeters ...
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Braided Hair Half Cents 1840-1857 Coin Guide
Braided Hair Half Cents 1840-1857
Photo courtesy LeeG member of the PCGS boards ...
Braided Hair half cents of 1840 to 1849 were made only as proofs and were used for diplomatic presentation sets or sold to well-connected collectors.
Braided Hair: a design type found on Half Cents and Large Cents dating from 1839 to 1857.
branch mint: any U.S. Mint other than the Philadelphia Mint (the "mother" of all mints).
brass: a yellow alloy of copper and zinc.
Braided Hair Style of hair on half cents and large cents from 1840 onward consisting of hair pull back into a tight bun with a braided hair cord.
Braided Hair
Style of hair on half cents and large cents from 1840 on. The hair is pulled back into a tight bun drawn with a braided hair cord.
Branch mint ...
1852 BRAIDED HAIR LARGE CENT
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In 1796, the Draped Bust design appeared and was minted until 1807. The Classic Head large cent ran from 1808 to 1814.
Braided Hair half cents: In 1840 a new motif, the Braided Hair or Coronet type, was introduced.
Braided Hair coins achieved greater uniformity than any of the earlier large cents.
Alternate name for Braided Hair design by Christian Gobrecht (also called Liberty Head design).
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bourse Term synonymous with coin show bourse floor The physical area where a coin show takes place Braided Hair Style of hair on half cents and large cents from 1840 onward consisting of hair pull back into a tight bun with a braided ...
The new style, variously called the Braided Hair, Coronet, or Liberty Head motif, featured a small head of Miss Liberty with her hair styled compactly, tied at the back with a string of beads. She wears a coronet inscribed LIBERTY.
The Braided Hair type large cent is pictured. Examine closely the hair around her face and the amount of detail showing in the leaves of the wreath on the reverse. The more detail evident the better the condition and grade.
Coronet Head
Alternate name for Braided Hair design by Christian Gobrecht. This is sometimes also called the Liberty Head design.
to make things even more crazy, the Coronet Head quarter-eagle obverse does NOT look identical to the Coronet Head (or Matron Head) large cent of 1816-39. The Coronet Head quarter-eagle obverse INSTEAD looks just like the obverse of the BRAIDED Hair ...
 See also: Coin, Hair, Mint, Liberty, Revers
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