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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Agilmore01, post: 2046404, member: 45687&quot;]I have been reading up some about the year 1857 and the change in cents from large cents to small cents. </p><p><br /></p><p>The large cents had a mintage of around 330,000, but many were not even released and melted down. Going through PCGS Coinfacts,&nbsp; the survival estimate is around 7,000 in both the large and small dates (from the best I could tell).&nbsp; PCGS has graded only about 300 in mint state.&nbsp; This sounds like it would be a very highly collectable coin. I own one with an Eliasberg pedigree, but it&#039;s only a VF25. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Flying Eagle was introduced, and had a mintage of over 17,000,000. PCGS says many were saved early on and it&#039;s fairly easy to find a mint state example of one.&nbsp; There are about 2,600 graded mint state just by PCGS.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While searching prices through completed auctions and on Coinfacts, I was surprised to see that the prices are pretty comparable in equal grades.&nbsp; I figured the large cent would carry a much higher premium due to the very low mintage and survival rate and the FE being much more common.&nbsp; I am still early in my collecting journey, so I need help understanding this.&nbsp; Is this due to the FE maybe being more popular, and therefore carries a premium?&nbsp; Or is there another explanation for it?&nbsp; Just plain ole&#039; higher demand?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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