1857 1c Small Date Braided Hair Large Cent NGC AU 55 About Uncirculated Key Date

An 1857 key date, Braided Hair Large Cent graded AU 55 BN by NGC. This coin carries a decent strike that is slightly weak on the 'L' of liberty on the obverse. It holds an attractive brown patina that matches nicely throughout both sides. 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.