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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;doug444, post: 2676099, member: 38849&quot;]It wasn&#039;t struck on a foreign planchet, it was counter-stamped after it left the mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>I seem to recall that the mint tried to take the Flying Eagles out of circulation when the (copper nickel) Indian Heads came out in 1859.&nbsp; Maybe they were sold for scrap?&nbsp; And bought to convert into <i>hacienda</i> tokens or something similar, cheaper than having new ones struck.&nbsp; I have Almanzar&#039;s book, I&#039;ll try to figure it out.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m going to stick my neck out and say this piece has at least the <i>potential</i> to be quite valuable, if a genuine counter-stamp.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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