1 Cent USA (1776 - ) Copper/Nickel

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Denomination:

1 Cent

Metal:

Copper

Nickel

State:

USA (1776 - )

Issue year(s):

1856-1858

Catalog reference:

KM-85 (1)

Flying Eagle Penny (1856-1858)

Designer – Engraver: James B Longacre
Metal Composition: 88% Copper – 12% Nickel
Diameter: 19 mm
Mass / Weight: 4.67 grams

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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 2015-02-28
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 2015-02-23
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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