1857 1C Small Date Braided Hair Large Cent PCGS AU 50 About Uncirculated Key Date

An 1857 key date, braided hair large cent graded AU 50 by PCGS. This coin is the 'small date' style and carries a decent strike throughout both sides. It looks very original for the grade with attractive chocolate brown original surfaces. This key date coin holds a very low mintage of only 333,456. However, of this mintage, the PCGS Coin Facts estimates that only 600 of these have survived that are the small date style such as this coin. This coin is one of only 58 graded About Uncirculated 50 by PCGS.