The first Small Cents, the Flying Eagle issue dated 1856, was actually made at Snowden's direction without congressional approval.
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Proof Small Cents 1856-1909
Collecting Proof Indian Cents
Collecting Proof examples of the Flying Eagle and Indian Cent series is quite a challenge. This, in fact, may be the primary reason many collectors attempt to do it! ...
SMALL CENTS
If you collect small cents by type please go to our American Classic Coins web page for a selection of nice circulated type coins of this denomination.
The new small cents, known as "white cents" because of their pale color, became even more popular in 1859 when, due to striking problems, ...
Collecting Proof Small Cents
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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. A few other countries have used some copper nickel alloys of various percentages in their coin production.
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There have been only three basic design types of small cents. The Flying Eagle cent was the first small cent and portrays an Eagle in flight on the dated side and a wreath of corn, wheat, cotton and tobacco on the reverse.
But in 1857, the new small cents with the flying eagle design hit the streets in droves, and they were a hit with the U.S. public. The new small cents were much handier to use and carry than previous cumbersome large cents.
The mint-new Lincoln cent struck at Denver in 1914 is most desirable to the collector of small cents.
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.
Mint started issuing the first of the Small Cents, the Flying Eagle type cent. People started to become nostalgic for the old large pennies they were used to seeing in circulation, and started to hoard them.
Half Dimes (1792)(1794-1795)
Flying Eagle Small Cents (1856-1858)
Indian Head Small Cents (1859-1909)
Lincoln Type Small Cents (1909-1964) ...
A design characteristic of all U.S. small cents and nickels, half cents, and large cents minted after 1795, two-cent and three-cent pieces, and the silver 20-cent coin.
planchet ...
Those cents of reduced size, replacing the large cent in 1857. The 1856 small cents technically are patterns, but have been so widely collected with the regular issues that their acceptance is universal.
small date ...
small cent Those cents of reduced size, replacing the large cent in 1857. The 1856 small cents technically are patterns, but have been so widely collected with the regular issues that their acceptance is universal.
The alloy (88% copper, 12% nickel) used for small cents from 1856 until mid-1864.
Copper-Nickel Cent ...
Just how much original color still remains on a United States copper coin - specifically, half cents, large cents, small cents and 2-cent coins - plays an important part in a coin's grade and its ultimate value.
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Copper-nickel
The alloy (copper 88%, nickel 12%) used for small cents from 1856 through mid-1864.
Among large cents, such rare dates as 1793, and 1799 and 1804 are objects of affection and desire. For the specialist in small cents, the 1856 Flying Eagle, the 1877 Indian, and the 1909-S V.D.B. and 1914-D Lincoln cents are eagerly sought.
last posted on 29 Oct 2003 at 3:33:53 AM ) What are old half-pennies worth? (Alternate spellings: half penney, half pennie, or half cent.) Value of Penny?
(message last posted on 29 Oct 2003 at 4:53:43 PM ) What are old large and small cents ...
They were larger than our modern quarter dollar is today. This large coin was first minted in 1793 and with production lasting until 1857. Collectors call these cents Large Cents as a generic term to separate them from the later Small Cents.
Nickel was relatively new as a coinage metal during the 19th century when it was used in the first United States small cents. New, that is, unless you count the single appearance of nickel used in ancient coins two thousand years earlier.
The 1856 small cents technically are patterns, but have been so widely collected with the regular issues that their acceptance is universal. small date Term referring to the size of the digits of the date on a coin.
 See also: Small Cent, Coin, Copper, Eagle, Mint
  
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