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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jody526, post: 36851, member: 578&quot;]Hi fellas,</p><p><br /></p><p>There was an eagle that roosted in the early Mint building, on 7th Street in Philadelphia, in the early 19th century.</p><p>It is said that the bird stayed there for about six years, and that the Mint employees named him &quot;Peter&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>One day the bird&#039;s wing got caught in the flywheel of a coining press. The injury eventually lead to it&#039;s death.</p><p>&quot;Peter&quot; was stuffed, and he resides in the Mint to this day.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is said that some early coin designs were modeled after his likeness, including the Eagle, and Double Eagle gold coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Flying Eagle cent design was adopted by Mint Director James R. Snowden, using the eagle design of the Gobrecht dollar, and the wreath design of the gold $1 and $3 coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse eagle was Christian Gobrecht&#039;s medallic enterpretation of a painting by Titian Peale, while the reverse wreath was James B. Longacre&#039;s work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Flying Eagle cent obverse...</p><p><img src="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/flying_eagle_cents/1856_flying_eagle_cent_obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Gobrecht dollar reverse...</p><p><img src="http://www.coinfacts.com/silver_dollars/gobrecht_dollars/gobrecht_dollar_1839_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Flying Eagle cent reverse...</p><p><img src="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/flying_eagle_cents/1858_flying_eagle_cent_LL_rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Three dollar gold reverse...</p><p><img src="http://www.superiorgalleries.com/images/products/auctions/SEP04/3935R.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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