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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Marshall, post: 745542, member: 21705&quot;]He must have had better access to information than I did as a child. When I started collecting in the mid sixties, I could find the very occasional Indian in circulation the way you can find the occasional wheat cent now, though in frequency it would be like finding a thirties or earlier wheat back.</p><p><br /></p><p>What I find interesting is that there was very little reporting of the 1856 eagle except as pattern pieces and they weren&#039;t considered regular issue collectibles at all. Only later was research widely reported which indicated that a substantial numbers (more than a dozen) were out there and available to collectors. This would make me think he didn&#039;t start collecting until the 80&#039;s and I can&#039;t imagine how he would be so fortunate to find one then.</p><p><br /></p><p>I suppose it could have been one of the two ways we find them now. A relative who is clueless spends them either before or after the collectors death or someone acquires them illegally and spends them. </p><p><br /></p><p>How many collections have been put back into circulation by angry spouses, boyfriends or girlfriends?</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, he would have been well advised to have taken much better images of the coin before trying to sell it on Ebay if it is genuine no matter what the condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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