1856 1C Upright 5 Braided Hair Large Cent PCGS MS 62 BN Uncirculated OGH Old Holder

An attractive 1856 Upright 5, braided hair large cent graded MS 62 BN by PCGS. This coin carries a good strike throughout both sides with very attractive chocolate brown original surfaces. A neat U.S type coin to find stored in an old green label PCGS holder such as this one. This date is very common for the series making it perfect for a high end U.S type collector. This date holds a large mintage of 2,690,463. However, of this very large mintage the PCGS Coin Facts estimates that only 6,000 have survived in all grades today that are the Upright 5 style. Of these remaining survivors, this coin is one of only 56 graded Mint State 62 Brown by PCGS.