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Message:: [QUOTE="ldhair, post: 497405, member: 11540"]Nice FE. There were so many varieties of the 1857 I'm not sure I could give a correct figure. This is a cool site on the topic. <a href="http://www.fly-inclub.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fly-inclub.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fly-inclub.org/</a>. Rick Snow wrote the book on this topic, actually several books. He has a web site as well and just became the editor of the fly-in club's Longacre's Ledger. To get back on topic Eduard, I like your coin. It looks AU something to me. I'm not really sure it is the type of 56. Here are a few images that might help. In 1857 the hubs from 56 and 57 were used to make many dies.The lettering is how to tell the type.  This first image is the type of 56. Note the shape of the O in "OF" on the obverse. Also the shape of all the E's in "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"  <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r209/ldhair/Cent/image0071.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />  These images are the type of 57.   <img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r209/ldhair/Cent/Img_0181.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r209/ldhair/Cent/image0013.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]