1856 Small Cents Flying Eagle PCGS PR Genuine AU Details Cleaned

Category: Small Cents Flying Eagle
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Although the 1856 Flying Eagle cent is technically a pattern, the design was adopted for circulation in 1857, and over the decades the 1856 has come to be collected with the regular-issue 1857 and 1858 Flying Eagle varieties. The popularity of the issue is due largely to its minuscule mintage, an estimated 2,000 pieces (per the Guide Book), by far the lowest production figure of any date in the small cent series. The acquisition of an example is a landmark event for any collector, especially for examples preserved this beautifully.The obverse motif was adapted from the Flying Eagle featured on Christian Gobrecht’s silver dollars of 1836 through 1839. The reverse wreath is almost identical in style to the gold dollars and three-dollar gold pieces of 1854 and later years. Walter Breen in his Encyclopedia recognizes four distinctly different reverses found on Flying Eagle cents of the year.

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