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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1509809, member: 66&quot;]The 1856 was a pattern.&nbsp; The design was not adopted until February 1857.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1856 is so much more expensive than the rarer 1854 and 1855 flying eagles because the Redbook lists it with the regular issue coins.&nbsp; If it had not been listed there it would actually probably the cheapest US pattern coin as it has a huge mintage for a pattern.&nbsp; Usually a very common pattern might have a mintage of a hundred or so.&nbsp; But being listed in the book caused a lot of collectors to decide to include it in their sets.&nbsp; This huge demand caused a huge price.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The 1854 and 55 flying eagles have a different reverse design and are about the size of the old half cent pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most likely reason for the change in the design to the indian was beecause the eagles tail feathers extend out over the wreath on the reverse.&nbsp; these two high areas combined with the hardness of the alloy made it extremely difficult to strike up the tail.&nbsp; With the indian the wreath is mostly opposite the obverse fields and the lower relief wreath design struck up better.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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