Flying Eagle and Indian Cents
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Flying Eagle and Indian Cents
dated from 1856-1909
In 1856 the one cent coin was almost as large as a half dollar. Inflation had lessened the buying power of this coin and people had to carry many of these heavy pieces when they shopped.
Flying Eagle Cents 1856-1858 Coin Guide
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FLYING EAGLE CENTS (1856-1858)
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1858 FLYING EAGLE SMALL CENT
1858 Flying Eagle one cent coin
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Flying Eagle cents have proved enormously popular over the decades, beginning with the pattern issue of 1856. It is unclear exactly how many 1856 cents were struck, but the best estimates fall in the range of 800 to as many as 1,500 pieces.
The Flying Eagle Cent was first produced as a pattern cent in 1856 and then officially produced for only two years; 1857 and 1858, but the idea of producing a smaller cent to replace the larger "Large Cent", first surfaced in 1837. Dr.
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Flying Eagle Cents (1856-1858)
Although large cents were produced in larger than ever quantities in the 1850s, they were becoming expensive to make, and the Mint sought to create a substitute.
Flying Eagle: design type of U.S. Small Cents from 1856-1858; also the reverse of the 1836-1839 Gobrecht Dollars.
Flying Eagle Cent: the One Cent coin struck from 1856-1858.
flyspecks: microscopic carbon spots on the surface of a coin.
Flying Eagle Short for Flying Eagle Cent.
Flying Eagle Cent The small cent, struck in 88% copper and 12% nickel, that replaced the large cent.
Flying Eagle Cent
The small cent, struck in 88% copper and 12% nickel, that replaced the large cent. This featured James Longacre’s reduction of the Gobrecht eagle used on the reverse of the silver dollars of 1836-1839.
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Flying Eagle Reverse
1151 1838 pattern half dollar. P-88, J-81. Restrike. Rarity-7. Liberty Seated obverse. Proof-64 BN (PCGS). Copper. Reeded edge.
Obverse Design: As preceding.
Flying eagle, incuse
[B. M. Guide, Pl. VIII. 20].
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Bull with head reverted, incuse, sometimes with VΜ (= Sybaris)
[l. c. Pl. VIII. 21].
Flying Eagle Cent - Business Strike
Flying Eagle Cent - Proof
Indian Head Cent - Business Strike
Indian Head Cent - Proof
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Flying eagle r., holding serpent. [Green- well Colk, N. C., 1890, PI III. 23; [Z. f. N., xxi. Pl. V. 3.]
ΑV or Α between spokes of a wheel in incuse square; outside wheel, but within square .
AR Tetradr. 260 grs.
The Flying Eagle cent had barely begun to circulate when Mint Director James Ross Snowden instructed Chief Engraver James B. Longacre to start preparing new designs, one of which would be chosen to replace it.
The Flying Eagle cent lasted only two years, and was replaced by the native American Princess of the Indianhead type. Today, you can buy one of the first official small cents of 1857 for about $10 or $15 in common condition.
1856 Flying Eagle cent
1909-S VDB Lincoln cent
1955 double-die Lincoln cent
1916-D Mercury dime
Cincinnati commemorative half dollar
1804 Bust dollar (a million dollar rarity)
1893-S Morgan dollar
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But though the Flying Eagle cents were popular, they were discontinued after 1858, possibly due to the low relief design which tended to wear down quickly. So in 1859, a new kind of small cent appeared: the Indian Head cent.
S - Snow, listed in Flying Eagle and Indian cents, by Rick Snow.
VAM - Van Allen/Mallis, Morgan and Peace Dollars as listed in Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia of Morgan and Peace Dollars.
This alloy was used for US Flying Eagle and Indian cents from 1856 to the middle of 1864. The alloy caused these small cents to have a pale copper color. Back then people called these cents "white cents" because of their pale color.
Indian Head Cents were produced from 1859 to 1909, while its predecessor, the Flying Eagle Cent was produced from 1857 to 1858. Just think of the history that took place during that span of time; The Civil War, invention of the automobile, etc.
In 1859 the type was again altered, the 'flying eagle' being dropped in favour of the Indian head design.
FE Flying Eagle (cent). US cent coin, 1856-1858. Fr (FR2, Fair2) Fair. Grade. FRNS Fellow of Royal Numismatic Society. Collector and dealer organization. FS# (FS1-FS?) Fivaz and Stanton number (19xx). Die variety - many series.
Most coin collectors have seen a Flying Eagle Cent. But, who's ever heard of a "flying" Lincoln Cent ? How else can one describe the astounding error coin that I was so fortunate to acquire at an Ohio coin show in 2001?
pattern by Christian Gobrecht done in 1838 shows that the artist had actually observed a flying eagle (Figure 42-A). Scientific observation was replacing the study of prints from abroad.
The pattern Flying Eagle and Indian Head cents. Collecting pattern coins, or coins with a particular motif such as Edward VIII's head and the Flying Eagle that were never meant for broad circulation, is a great way to specialize.
Since he lives in an area that saw heavy action in the early years of the war, many of his finds are copper nickel Flying Eagle or Indian Head cents. Most are in miserable condition with surfaces eaten away by the century of burial.
For the $20 the sculptor chose an advancing figure of Liberty for the obverse and a flying eagle on the reverse. Chief-Engraver of the U.S.
In 1991, Snow wrote "Flying Eagle and Indian Cents," the nation's first book to specialize in such coins.
He also developed Snow Variety Numbers, a ratings system for coins that is used by nationwide auction catalogs and dealers.
Seldom Seen Selections: 1856 Flying Eagle Cent, Snow-5
Found Treasures: 1859 Transitional Dime
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The new cents showed a flying eagle on the front and a wreath on the back.
Mint began issuing the first of the Small Cents, the Flying Eagle type cent. People became nostlagic for the big old pennies they had always known, and they began pulling them out of circulation.
Half Dimes (1792)(1794-1795)
Flying Eagle Small Cents (1856-1858)
Indian Head Small Cents (1859-1909)
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However, pattern coins that are later selected for normal production, such as the United States 1856 Flying Eagle cent, can sometimes become sought after by other coin collectors.Pattern coins are known as 'Essais' in French.
St. Gaudens produced a double eagle with a standing figure of 'Liberty' on the obverse and a flying eagle on the reverse.
The designs St. Gaudens produced for the eagle and double eagle had substantially higher relief than then-existing coins.
copper nickel - A metal alloy of 88% copper and 12% nickel. This alloy was used for the 1856-1864 US Flying Eagle and Indian cents.
coppers - The nickname used for older copper coins, large cents, and half cents.
Cupro-Nickel (or copper-nickel) - Composed of an alloy of copper and nickel, such as the U.S. Flying Eagle cents struck from 1856 thru 1858.
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The marvelously detailed Saint-Gauden's designs feature a standing Miss Liberty, holding a torch, lighting the way to freedom as dawn rises over the capitol. The reverse is a majestic flying eagle, the Twenty Dollar denomination, ...
Mule - a pairing of odd dies that are not suitably regarded as for instance, a two headed coin, example J-219 is a very flagrant marriage of two large flying eagle cents obverses, one with legend and one without.
An metal consisting of mostly copper, alloyed with a substantial percentage of nickel. First used to produce the Flying Eagle cent of 1856.
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We really don't know much about what happened inside ancient mints, so the process of how they determined new coins is still very much a mystery. Perhaps this coin is an example of a pattern coin, much like the US 1856 Flying Eagle Cent?
It was designed by James Barton Longacre, the engraver at the Philadelphia Mint. The L is his initial and appears on the ribbon back of the head. Two major versions of the Indian penny were made over the years - Flying Eagle Type 1857 to1858 and ...
Prior to this century, these patterns were often given away or sold by the mint and legitimately worked their way into the collector market. Occasionally, patterns were released in rather large numbers such as the 1,500+ 1856 Flying Eagle cents.
 See also: Eagle, Coin, Mint, Cent, Reverse
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