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Message:: [QUOTE="Clinker, post: 417557, member: 6229"]: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):  <a href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_19701761" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_19701761" rel="nofollow">http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_19701761</a> 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): <a href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_14881393" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_14881393" rel="nofollow">http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_14881393</a> 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): <a href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_30633812" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_30633812" rel="nofollow">http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_30633812</a> HERE'S THE OTHER 3 REVERSES: (image courtesy of uspatterns.com): <a href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_93390659" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_93390659" rel="nofollow">http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_93390659</a>  As a bonus here's an 1856 pattern without date or legend:  <a href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43536360" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43536360" rel="nofollow">http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43536360</a>  And here's the finished product:  <a href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43916890" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43916890" rel="nofollow">http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_2009_43916890</a>  Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia.... Clinker [/QUOTE]

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