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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 1411454, member: 36864&quot;]If this was just an impaired proof, this would be a good price for this coin.&nbsp; But being so heavily corroded, scratched and obviously cleaned, I think the seller did well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I always thought the of the 1856 as being artificially high priced.&nbsp; 2000 pieces is not a small mintage at all when it comes to early proofs.&nbsp; My 1865 three cent piece proof had a mintage of about 500 and commands not nearly this kind of money.&nbsp; I remember reading somewhere that some collector hoarded nearly half of the 1856 flying eagles in a effort to drive the market price up, I guess his plan worked.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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