:hail:Guess what? The idea of a smaller one cent piece with a Flying Eagle on its obverse was patterned by James Longacre in 1854. It is his rendering of Golbrecht's Flying Eagle on the Half Dollar and Dollar coins minted in the late 1830s. Here's the image (courtesy of uspatterns.com): http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_19701761 Be aware, Longacre also liked the Seated Liberty design used on the silver coins of the late 1830s. Here's an 1854 cent pattern with Liberty seated (image courtesy of uspatterns,com): http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_14881393 Longacre liked the Flying Eagle concept so much he struck more patterns in 1855. NOTE: This Flying Eagle Cent Pattern is a variety which has 2 leaves under the "E" on the reverse. (image courtesy of uspatterns.com): http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_30633812 HERE'S THE OTHER 3 REVERSES: (image courtesy of uspatterns.com): http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_93390659 As a bonus here's an 1856 pattern without date or legend: http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43536360 And here's the finished product: http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43916890 Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia.... Clinker
Yes, very interesting! The flying eagle cent is my favorite 1cent coin, and one of the top favorite out of all the denoms!
Great trivia. J. Longacre was very good at copying others designs, but I still like them. Thanks for taking the time to enlighten us.
