1857 1C Small Date Braided Hair Large Cent PCGS AU 53 About Uncirculated Key

An 1857 key date, braided hair large cent graded AU 53 by PCGS. This coin is the 'small date' style and carries a decent strike throughout both sides. It looks very original as it has some debris remaining throughout both the obverse and reverse. This coin has been housed in a PCGS Secure Label Holder. 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 52 graded About Uncirculated 53 by PCGS.