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Denomination:

1 Cent

Metal:

Copper

Nickel

State:

USA (1776 - )

Issue year(s):

1856-1858

Catalog reference:

KM-85 (3) Bit-3 (1) Fr-179 (1) KM-Y64 (1)

Flying Eagle Penny (1856-1858)Designer – Engraver: James B Longacre Metal Composition: 88% Copper – 12% NickelDiameter: 19 mm Mass / Weight: 4.67 grams

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-08-16
1858 U.S. Flying Eagle Small Cent Lot#A5704

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-08-16
1858 U.S. Flying Eagle Small Cent Lot#A5711

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-08-16
1858 U.S. Flying Eagle Small Cent Lot#A5707

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Posted by: scroodge 2022-10-23

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Posted by: anonymous 2019-03-24
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika. Cent 1857. Eagle. K.M. 85. Fast vorzüglich

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-02-29
1858 U.S. Flying Eagle Cent Lot#HZ620 Small Letters

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-05-16
1858 U.S. Flying Eagle Small Cent Lot#A4899

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-05-16
1858 U.S. Flying Eagle Small Cent Lot#A4898

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-05-16
1857 U.S. Flying Eagle Small Cent Lot#A4901

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Posted by: anonymous 2024-05-16
1857 U.S. Flying Eagle Small Cent Lot#A4902

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-11-19
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika Cent 1857. K.M. 85. Sehr schön - vorzüglich

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-04-30
1898,RUSSIA. 10 Ruble, 1898-AT. NGC MS-63.Fr-179; Y-64; Bit-3.

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Small letters. NGC graded MS-65. Nice golden toning. A bright and gleaming gem whose cartwheel luster seems poised to spread like a Fourth of July pinwheel, plus we find a touch of beautiful patina which sets the theme for this well struck coin, especially on the revers ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1856 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded Proof 61. Well struck and evenly toned a medium reddish-brown. Only 2000 struck. The key date in the small cent series. In typical bureaucratic fashion, the government's sudden approval of a statute to alter the amalgam of the Cent in 1856 left Mint Director ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Small letters. NGC graded Details of Uncirculated improperly cleaned. We agree with the NGC comment. Estimated Value $125 - 150. The Carlsbad Collection. Categories:

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1858 Flying Eagle Cent. Large letters. NGC graded MS-63. A decent strike with lovely light golden toning. Estimated Value $500 - 550. The Carlsbad Collection. Categories:

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1857 Flying Eagle Cent. NGC graded MS-62. Well struck with even light golden toning. We note a few scattered marks on the obverse and overall, quite a nice looking Flying Eagle Cent. Estimated Value $400 - 450. The Carlsbad Collection. Categories:

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1856 Flying Eagle Cent. NGC graded Proof 63. A nice bold strike with pleasing even light tan toning throughout. We note a few minor hairlines, one on the reverse beneath CEN. This Key Date rarity appears more like a mnt state example. In 1856 one master die was made for the Flying Eagle cent ( ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1858, 8 over 7. PCGS graded AU-55. Accompanied by an Eagle Eye certificate. A popular Red Book variety. Attractive light tan surface with minor weakness at the tail tip and on the wreath. Very choice fields and devices which are free of marks and spotting. Pop 10; 73 finer (PCGS # 2022) . Esti ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1858, 8 over 7. PCGS graded MS-63. Accompanied by an Eagle Eye certificate. A popular Red Book variety. One of the choicer examples of this very popular overdate. One must look carefully to find any imperfections. This coin has an even light tan tone. A small area between the wing and the I in ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1858. Large letters. NGC graded MS-66. Well struck with lovely toning on both sides. Pop 18; 2 finer . Estimated Value $4,500 - 5,000. Categories:

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1857. PCGS graded AU-50. We note that the date is doubled. In an old green label holder (PCGS # 2016) . Estimated Value $150 - 170. The William Pannier Estate. Categories:

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1857. NGC graded MS-66. Boldly struck. Pop 12; none finer at NGC . Estimated Value $4,000 - 4,400. Categories:

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1857. PCGS graded Proof 62 Cameo. A well struck example with plenty of flashy mirror surfaces and contrasting frosty devices. A Premium Quality razor-sharp example with lots of eye-appeal. Only 485 Proofs struck. Whenever the reader comes across our term "Premium Quality" it means that the gra ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1856 Flying Eagle S-1 PCGS graded Genuine Proof. Approximately 1,500 struck. Our grade is sharpness of PR45. The surface is somewhat granular which has the tendency to mute the main legends and devices which, however, are wholly present. Mint designer-engraver James Barton Longacre reworked Go ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1856. PCGS graded Proof 63. A popular key date. Well struck and reddish-brown. Only 2000 struck. A bold example of the most advantageous middle-range Proof grade for a collector. Its high degree of broad-spinning surface luster pulses beneath the toned highlights. Nicely struck, too, as one wo ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1856. . Snow-3. PCGS graded MS-64. Well struck with nice even toning. No center dot on the reverse. Extremely rare in Mint State. A solid strike in all regards. Moreover, the satiny surfaces are balanced with natural toning atop the luster, the strike is as we said clear-cut, while the eye app ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-23
U.S.A., Flying Eagle cent, 1857 (KM.85). A 1mm nick in bird's wing feathers, good very fine and scarce type in this condition.

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-26
1858. Large Letters. PCGS graded Proof 65 PQ. CAC Approved. As long as we can remember, proof 1857 and 1858 Flying Eagle cents have been overshadowed by the popularity of the well known 1856, but years of certification has clarified the true rarity -- particularly in Gem Proof -- of these popu ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-26
1857. PCGS graded MS-62. A nicely toned, well defined example of this popular type small cent (PCGS # 2016) . Estimated Value $575 - 625. Categories: Small Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-26
1857. PCGS graded MS-65 PQ. Frosty lilac-gray surfaces exhibit lively rose highlights and active cartwheel luster. Nicely struck for the date with sharp feather and wreath details. Just a couple of tiny marks are mentioned on the obverse. Pop 219; 18 finer, 2 in 65+, 16 in 66 (PCGS # 2016) . E ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-01
1857. PCI graded MS-63. Lightly toned. Estimated Value $250 - 275 Categories: Budget - Small Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-26
1857. PCGS graded MS-64. Nice even toning. A lustrous, well-struck examples. The Flying Eagle is among mint engraver James Longacre's finest creations. A perennial favorite with collectors. Housed in an Old Green Holder (PCGS # 2016) . Estimated Value $1,100 - 1,200. Categories: Small Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-05
1855 Pattern Cent. Bronze, plain edge. Original. Judd-168. Pollock-193. Rarity 4. PCGS graded Proof 64 Red & Brown CAC Approved. A very choice example of the large size Flying Eagle pattern cent. A blazing red and brown coin with possibilities for a gem grade as seen in the reflective surfaces ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-01
1858. Small letters. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC Approved. Lightly toned. This is an aesthetically pleasing example with dominant honey-gold color (PCGS # 2020) Estimated Value $700 - 750 Categories: Flying Eagle Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-01
1858. Small letters. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC Approved. A brilliant untoned example. It is attested to by some historians that Longacre modeled his flying eagle design on Gobrect's earlier Silver Dollar eagle. A handsome coin! (PCGS # 2020) Estimated Value $700 - 750 Categories: Flying Eagle Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-01
1858. Large letters. PCGS graded MS-62. CAC Approved. Lightly toned. Noticeably larger letters in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on this variety than on the Small Letters 1858. Select Mint State with luster (PCGS # 2019) Estimated Value $500 - 550 Categories: Flying Eagle Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-01
1857. PCGS graded MS-63. CAC Approved. A brilliant well struck example. Choice. Attractive. Designed by James B. Longacre. Housed in an Old Green Holder (PCGS # 2016) Estimated Value $700 - 750 Categories: Flying Eagle Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-01
1857. PCGS graded MS-65. Well struck with even toning. A pleasant gem example swooning with copper-nickel frost, lightly variegated. One would be hard put to add more about the mint bloom which is all original. As for the strike, the coin was struck with technical exactness throughout, a diffi ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-03-02
1856. PCGS graded Proof 64. Only 1,500 believed to exist today. Popular key date. Lovely toning on both sides. Many Proof examples of the elusive 1856 Flying Eagle show dull or non-existent mirrors in the fields. This piece, however, is more nicely mirrored and the rims are strongly defined, l ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-28
1856 Pattern Cent. Copper, plain edge. Judd-179. Pollock-207. NGC graded Proof 65 Red & Brown. Nice old time toning and Gem quality surfaces, with bold, razor-sharp detail. Gorgeous pinkish-red and lilac-toned surfaces on both sides are pristine and distraction-free. An arcing small mark is no ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-27
1857. NGC graded VG-8. Clashed with 50¢. One in a series of "Mad Die Clashes" as these oddities are known. A Google search on the Web will bring up several websites devoted to these. Estimated Value $100 - 125. Categories: Flying Eagle Cents and Indian Head Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-27
1857 Flying Eagle Cent. PCGS graded AU-58. Toned on both sides. Well struck. Popular copper-nickel issue. Flying Eagles were struck only in the years 1856 to 1858 (PCGS # 2016) . Estimated Value $120 - 130. Categories: Flying Eagle Cents and Indian Head Cents

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-27
1856 PCGS graded PR Genuine AU Details. Cleaning. Only 1,500 minted. Key date. The governments imminent approval of a statute to alter the amalgam of the Cent in 1856 left Mint Director Snowden pleading for a design to begin trial strikings without delay. The task of achieving a satisfactory ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-27
1858, 8 over 7 FS-301 Large Letters. NGC graded MS-63. Light even toning. A popular Red Book variety. Pop 17; 51 finer, 45 in 64, 6 in 65 (PCGS # 2022) . Estimated Value $6,500 - 7,000. Categories: Small Cents