1857 Flying Eagle

You make an excellent point about the tail feathers. I'd have liked to seen it closer.

 

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/1857-Flying...89?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item41653ebc49

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1857-1C-Fly...47?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item1e6d9d281f

 

Here is something to compare with

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1858-Large-...34?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item33728e6b0a

 

A lot of nice detail on that coin Ruben , and you're right I've been looking at some 64s and they're almost 2 grand .

 

As I was looking things over, i realized how much i should never have lost that coin. It was mistaken for gold and stolen!! And its detail compared to everything else i see was enormous, front and back and it cost me something like $200.00 originally.



http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/flying_eagle.html

 

Although pricy, Rick Snow (Eagle Eye Rare Coins) has some very nice FE and Indian cents. Years ago I bought an 1856 "Snow 4" PR64 Flying Eagle from him. After some haggling, I think I got a fair price for it.

Rick's "The Indian & Flying Eagle Attribution Guide" has a boatload of information about each year of Flying Eagle and Indian cents. I bought the entire set in PDF format but it's broken into four volumes: FEs ("1856-1858 Attribution Guide, Volume 1") and specific years of Indians (1859-1869 Vol. 2, 1970-1889 Vol. 3 and 1890-1909 Vol. 4). A worthwhile investment if you are buying these coins.

 

Hello

That is a pretty coin. How much is it?

Amanda

 

Amanda, that 1857 is a bit expensive at $12,500 and for sale by Eagle Eye. It's a "Snow 9" variety showing die clash marks from a Seated Liberty half dollar with perhaps 100 pieces known and only 5 in MS65

http://www.indiancent.com/6603-1857-obv-clash-with-a-50c-obv-snow-9-ms-65-pcgs-ps.html

 

Nice coin , but I can't see paying that much for a clashed die coin , especially when you can't see a clear outline of the clashed coin .

 

This looks like a good opportunity to get your opinions on this flying eagle cent of mine that I have been wondering about. I've been working on a type collection for quite a while, but have never really come across many flying eagle cents in acceptable condition. I was out of town on business and visited a coin shop that had the cent pictured below. It was marked "AU" and he said that he would take $160 for it. May have been kinda silly to buy it, considering that I had never taken the time to learn how to properly grade and determine the value of eagle cents. But, he was treating me well on another coin that I was purchasing, so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and purchased it at his asking price.



So, what do you guys think about the grade? Did I get it at a fair price?

 

Yes - I think it has been cleaned but the price was OK. The reverse looks like it has wear, aside from a weaker strike. Those green spots are a dead give away of cleaning

 

Goes to show what I know. When I look at a coin that has green spots I figure that it must not have been cleaned. I figure that the whole point of cleaning would be to get rid of the green spots .

He had it marked as AU, upon examination I figured that it had to be at least a strong XF. This was about 5 months ago, and at the time $160 was the greysheet asking price for AU50. Kinda been bothering me that I probably paid full price for a coin that was overgraded. And now, it seems that it may have been overgraded AND cleaned. Oh well, live and learn right. I still like the coin, just don't like feeling as though I may have paid too much.

 

Here's a composite of the die clash. There are lots of different 1857 one cent die clashes with other denominations. Seems like the mint had only one press and were swapping dies out for different denominations!

 

Nice

 

Hello


Wow

 

lol!

 

Extra post .

 

Now I 'd like to have this one , beautiful piece .

 

Is it not interesting though that is Obverse to Obverse. Wouldn't it make more sense that the clash would be the reverse?

Ruben