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Message:: [QUOTE="dann, post: 1253431, member: 32728"]Might have some proof here. Though a 10x loop i can see  the die chip mentioned here. <a href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=8&lot=1074" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=8&lot=1074" rel="nofollow">http://images.goldbergauctions.com/php/lot_auc.php?site=1&sale=8&lot=1074</a> 1856. Snow-5. Die pair. PCGS graded Proof 65. This is one of the most visually stunning 1856 Flying Eagle cent that could possibly exist. A sharp early die state example that is virtually mark free. Visually, there is no question of this coin's proof status. It has an absolutely full strike and is of the highest production quality witnessed on any 1856 Flying Eagle. This example is struck from the Snow 5 die pair, which was first described in 1992 in Rick Snow's book "Flying Eagle and Indian Cents". Only 10 examples of this die pair have been seen by this author, perhaps less than 35 examples of this die pair exist in all grades. This die pair is a marriage of *Obverse 2* and Reverse D as described in Snow. It is unlisted in Breen's die list found in Chapter XV of his Proof Encyclopedia. **The obverse die is distinguished by a die chip at the base of the U in UNITED, called the "Pointed U"**[/QUOTE]