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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 26296971, member: 101855"]No, finding this one was hard enough. It seems like the third party graders are over grading these coins now. I hunted all over this year's Winter FUN bourse (over 500 dealers) looking for an MS-64. I actually found one in an MS-66 holder which I didn't like as well as this one for almost three times the price. I bought this in a Stacks-Bowers auction. I wanted to put together the "Red Book" set with the 1856, '57 and '58 large and small letters. I have them all now. Here's the 1856 in Proof-64. This is above average for the grade in my opinion. [ATTACH=full]1679103[/ATTACH] There is a lot more information out there about the 1856. For years the Red Book said the mintage was 1,000. We now know it's more like 2,200. It doesn't matter much because the demand has always outstripped the supply. Collectors have wanted this coin since the first ones were made in 1856. That's why the mint made more of them in 1858 and maybe '59. The market is now divided. Collectors are paying more for the pieces in Mint State than Proof. The mint State pieces were given out to members of Congress in 1856 as a way to get them to support the bill for the small cents. The Proofs were made later. This is one of those Proofs, and it's supposed to be the most common variety. I don't care about that. I just wanted an 1856 Flyer. That might be more than you wanted to know, but I thought you might find it interesting.[/QUOTE]