- 1858 Flying Eagle Pennies
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- Flying Eagle Penny Design. The design of the Flying Eagle Penny was the idea of the US Mint’s chief engraver Jame Longacre, but is a design that was not all too unfamiliar. Based on of the design of the Gobrecht Dollar (circulated between 1836 and 1839), the obverse side of the Flying Eagle Penny depicts an American Bald Eagle midflight.
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United States
Copper Coin
$0.01 USD
24,600,280
U.S. Mint
1858
1858 Flying Eagle pennies represent the second year that small cents were authorized by the U.S. Mint. While some 1,000 1856 Flying Eagle cents were also made, they weren’t struck under authorization and serve as pattern coins, indeed rare, however. Unlike 1857 Flying Eagle cents, which generally are only available in a standard business-strike and a proof specimen, 1858 pennies, which are made from copper-nickel, are largely divided into six varieties.
The six 1858 Flying Eagle pennies include:
- 1858, 24,600,000 minted – $30
- 1858/7, mintage included above – $65
- 1858 large letters, mintage included above – $30
- Play sex and the city slots online. 1858 small letters, mintage included above – $30
- 1858 large letters proof, 80 minted – $25,000
- 1858 small letters proof, 200 minted – $30,000
Flying Eagle Cent 1857
*Values are for Flying Eagle cents grading Good-4, unless otherwise noted.
For the most part, Flying Eagle cents, which were designed by James B. Longacre, are only collected by year and not variety. So, most of the varieties mentioned above are not specifically sought by most coin collectors. The only exceptions may be in the cases of the regular (non-proof) large- and small-letter varieties, which are often collected by collectors who assemble sets of Indian Head cents. Which brings up another great point; Flying Eagle cents are usually not collected as a series on their own. The vast majority of Flying Eagle cents are collected by Indian Head (1859-1909) penny aficionados, who generally lump the earlier series in with the latter.
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Flying Eagle Cent
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