GOFFSTOWN, N.H. — A US Braided Hair half cent, 1843, not seen by the numismatic community for the past 90 years, took $110,000 at Jones & Horan’s online auction of horology, jewelry and coins, which featured a live close on October 10. The coin came fresh from the estate of noted early American copper collector William Foster Lardner (1873-1934). Catalog notes described it as “an absolutely mind-blowing coin, with a shockingly bold and vibrant red color and luster that in its intensity we believe may be wholly unique among the entire surviving population of US half cents.” According to a PCGS population report, a total of only five proof half cents across all dates have been rated as red cameo; accordingly, that makes this example numerically the single finest graded red cameo of its date and it is numerically tied with a single 1842 example as the finest graded red cameos of the entire half cent series. A later review of this sale will discuss additional highlights.