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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 26653225, member: 10461&quot;]Now we&#039;re about to catch up with where the <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1119901/the-collaborative-virtual-7070-type-set-project/p1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1119901/the-collaborative-virtual-7070-type-set-project/p1" rel="nofollow">Collectors Universe version</a> of this thread is.&nbsp; Today, January 21st, we move out of the large cents and into the small cents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our next type for the day is the <b>Flying Eagle cent (1856-1858)</b>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I currently lack one in my primary collection (I want one), I will once again fall back on my &quot;holey&quot; type set and post the coin that&#039;s pinned to my cork board.&nbsp; Sorry to start us out on this type with an ugly-ish coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/em/mp4b352xwnxf.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/n6/r8ccis4gebuy.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I once had a holed UNC details Flying Eagle cent. I paid a hundred bucks for it, and questioned my own sanity at the time. But it was a nice MS coin- except for the ugly hole in it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The best problem-free example of the type I have owned was an EF45 example.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a lower-grade unholed example I got for ten bucks and gave away in one of my giveaway contests.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6027503/uploads/editor/ah/yn09971ql2f1.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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