1877 1c Indian Head Cent Superb Gem PCGS MS66 Red Brown. Top ten in the condition census for this rare key date coin.
The top of the 1877 Indian cent census looks like this:
MS66+RD – None finer. PCGS: 1, NGC: 0
MS66RD. PCGS: 8, NGC: 0
MS66RB – None finer in RB. PCGS: 3, NGC: 7
MS66BN – None finer in BN. PCGS: 8, NGC: 1
PCGS Coinfacts shows this coin is one of the three highest graded 1877 cents with the Red-Brown color designation. An examination of the three coins shown together in the linked PCGS page below shows this example is the finest of the three.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1877-1c-rb/2128
As bolded above, it is one of the three coins graded MS66RB – none higher in RB. There is however one coin graded MS66+RD by PCGS and eight coins graded MS66RD by PCGS. This coin is pictured by PCGS in the link below.
https://images.pcgs.com/CoinFacts/41442335_161748902_2200.jpg
