The Col. Ellsworth Collection of Middle Date Large Cents

Sharpness EF45 or better but this cent was whizzed and nicely retoned frosty chocolate and steel brown. No corrosion and the only marks are a couple

Nicely recolored glossy dark steel and olive brown. The surfaces are smooth except for a small area of microscopic roughness at the dentil tips just

Very attractive lustrous medium steel brown with some lighter brown in protected areas, particularly on the reverse. The surfaces are satiny and this

Frosty steel brown and olive with underlying faded red in protected areas thanks to an old dipping. No marks or other defects. We see no evidence of

Frosty light to medium brown with a subtle puff of slightly darker olive brown toning from the bust to star 1 and the chin. Flowline luster covers th

Choice lustrous light bluish steel brown with 10% of the obverse and a third of the reverse showing slightly mellowed mint red. The eye appeal of thi

Glossy light olive and steel brown with at least 10% of the bright mint red remaining on the obverse and more than a third of the original red showing

Glossy dark steel brown and chocolate with frosty slightly lighter reddish steel brown toning in protected areas of the reverse, possibly from an old

Glossy uniform light chocolate brown. Smooth and very attractive with only trivial contact marks. The notable marks are a faint diagonal hairline sc

Frosty mix of medium brown and darker olive brown. The uneven toning is a bit off-putting but the surfaces are satiny and there are only trivial cont