1857 Flying Eagle

Cleaned or not Darryl it's still a stunning design and you have plenty of detail to see it.

A keeper!

 

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14K for a cleaned coin - not me. I actually got to hold a 19k proof that was sold. It was nicer that the one pictured here. As a matter of fact they had a 9k version not as nice as this one, but still better than I ever could have.

I wonder how many on the board check the flying eagles on ebay for the 1858/7 - trying to cherry pick one.

 

Now for some more to collect!

:secretarryl, Your 1858 LL is also a High Leaves variety. It has the reverse of a 1857 where the leaves come very close to the C and T in CENT on the reverse. Later on that year they switched dies to a lower leaves design. You will find the high & Low leaves variety on both the Large Letter and Small Letter varieties. So, now there are at least 4 1858's you may want to collect. Don't forget the Snow numbered varieties. 1858 LL = 12 Snow varieties; 1858 SL = 10 Snow varieties. Not to mention Pattern coins identified (35).
As I said befor, it a small set to collect but many varieties. Also it's a lot of fun.

Bruce

 

Thanks guys - Bruce - you're killing me - I though I only had 2 more to go (excluding the 1856). Now you're telling me I have more than 37 to go :headbang:. Two I could handle - 37 - that would take some serious time and money.


What do you mean about snow? What element of the design is that? Or maybe who is Snow and what were the elements he identified as different. Is there a web site with the info?

Thanks again

BTW - Mark - that would have been cool to see that one that sold for 19K.

Darryl

 

Snow means Rick Snow owner of Eagle Eye Coins. He is the expert on flying eagles and indian head cents. He wrote the books on those two series and cataloged the different die varieties, which is what mralexanderb is referring to. I don't think the information on the different varieties is available on-line. You'll have to do things the old fashioned way and buy a real book.

 

Say it's not so - a real book in this day and age... :goofer: Thanks for the info - Once I started typing my reply to Bruce I had a feeling it was a person. Learned something new - not sure if I have the fortitude though to collect all the different versions. The book might be interesting though - I'm always checking the local half price book store - maybe one will show up there!

Thanks again

Darryl

 

i wish i could find an afordable flying eagle. the only ones i find are way over my budget. thats a nice one you got for that price, cleaned or not. :thumb:

 

Very nice and a great price. I love that coin

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



Ruben

 

Nice page Ruben - Thanks for sharing!

 

Check out the detail that this one "had".

The flying eagle pennies don't hold up well in the ground at all. Just like the nickels. But look at the detail that this one had before it was dropped many years ago. The feather detail is real sharp as is the eye. To bad they don't hold up well in the dirt. Woulda been a nice one.

 

1857 FE Snow 22 variety

I sent this coin to Rick Snow, at Eagle Eye Rare Coins, and he classified it as a new Snow variety: Snow 22. (In another thread). I had him crack it out of the ANACS holder to photograph it for future plates in his attribution guides. I haven't seen the photos yet. They may show up on the Fly-In Club website.

Bruce

 

I just about bought this one today.
Couldn't do it for some reason.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1857-FLYING-EAG...ryZ11942QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

That is so retardedly overpriced it's ridicules. 14,000 dollars for a ***CLEANED*** Flying Eagle (or any other for that matter) which has been popped from the case.

Someone must be sniffing glue.

Ruben

 

That is a sharp coin but it has some pitting or something on it.

Ruben

 

Very Cool Bruce!!!

 

Those marks on the front are a little distracting.