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Braided Hair Cents (1839-1857)

Prices and Auction Volume

This page shows trends for Braided Hair Cents auctions, including prices realized for the top coins sold. With navigation to upcoming and completed Braided Hair Cents auctions, you'll always know which coins are most liquid in the market. Tables and charts below also show the top-5 coins in this category by volume and historical trends for Braided Hair Cents.

Braided Hair Cents (1839-1857) — Top 5 Prices Realized

Rank
Service
Price
Coin
Grade
Date
1 PCGS $172,500.00 1856 1C MS MS 66 Brown 1/7/2004
2 PCGS $105,750.00 1852 1C PF Red 7/17/2015
3 PCGS $103,500.00 1856 1C MS MS 66 Brown 1/8/2003
4 PCGS $92,000.00 1856 1C MS MS 65 Brown 1/3/2006
5 PCGS $71,875.00 1856 1C MS MS 65 Brown 1/6/2010

Braided Hair Cents (1839-1857) — Top 5 by Volume



Coin Volume
1855 1C MS 11
1851 1C MS 7
1856 LARGE 1C MS 7
1857 LARGE 1C MS 7
1847 1C MS 6

Braided Hair Cents (1839-1857) — MS Volume vs Time



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Braided Hair Cents (1839-1857) — PF Volume vs Time



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Coins In Category

= Number of Upcoming Auctions
= Number of Auction Prices Realized

Coin
1839 PETITE HEAD N-8 1C MS 0 42
1840 1C MS 0 286
1841 1C MS 0 138
1842 1C MS 0 271
1843 1C MS 0 270
1844 1C MS 0 221
1845 1C MS 0 276
1846 1C MS 0 494
1847 1C MS 0 662
1848 1C MS 0 635
1849 1C MS 0 375
1850 1C MS 0 723
1851 1C MS 0 1074
1852 1C MS 0 892
1853 1C MS 0 1369
1854 1C MS 0 798
1855 1C MS 0 951
1856 1C MS 0 349
1856 LARGE 1C MS 0 744
1857 1C MS 0 147
1857 LARGE 1C MS 0 516
Coin
1840 1C PF 0 10
1841 1C PF 0 25
1842 1C PF 0 8
1843 1C PF 0 8
1844 1C PF 0 9
1845 1C PF 0 10
1846 1C PF 0 4
1847 1C PF 0 5
1848 1C PF 0 20
1849 1C PF 0 15
1850 1C PF 0 4
1852 1C PF 0 2
1853 1C PF 0 1
1854 1C PF 0 19
1855 1C PF 0 32
1856 LARGE 1C PF 0 9
1857 LARGE 1C PF 0 38

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