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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 287157, member: 6229"]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 Half Dollar and Dollar coins minted in the late 1830s. </p><p> </p><p><b>Here's the image </b>(courtesy of uspatterns.com):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1934_186674" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1934_186674" rel="nofollow">http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1934_186674</a></p><p> </p><p><b>NOTE: </b>Longacre also liked the Liberty Seated design used on the silver coins of the late 1830s.</p><p> </p><p><b>Here's AN 1854 CENT Pattern with Liberty Seated </b>(image courtesy of uspatterns.com) (These were weak strikes so the 4 appears to look like a 1):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1093959" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1093959" rel="nofollow">http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1093959</a></p><p> </p><p>Longacre liked the 1854 Flying Eagle Cent results so much, he struck more patterns in 1855.</p><p> </p><p><b>NOTE: </b>He struck them with four different reverses:</p><p>2 leaves below "E"</p><p>3 leaves below "E" </p><p>4 leaves below "E"</p><p>5 leaves below "E"</p><p> </p><p>This image, courtesy of uspatterns.com, is the 2 leaves variety:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1248684" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1248684" rel="nofollow">http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1248684</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b>HERE'S ALL 3 REVERSES </b>(image courtesy of uspatterns):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://uspatterns.com/all318rev.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://uspatterns.com/all318rev.html" rel="nofollow">http://uspatterns.com/all318rev.html</a></p><p> </p><p>And, of course, you know the results of those patterns (the 1856 Flying Eagle Cent): (image and data courtesy of Coin Facts):</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/flying_eagle_cents/1856_flying_eagle_cent.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/flying_eagle_cents/1856_flying_eagle_cent.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/flying_eagle_cents/1856_flying_eagle_cent.htm</a></p><p> </p><p>Please let me know if you enjoyed this item...</p><p> </p><p>Clinker[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 287157, member: 6229"]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 Half Dollar and Dollar coins minted in the late 1830s. [B]Here's the image [/B](courtesy of uspatterns.com): [URL]http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1934_186674[/URL] [B]NOTE: [/B]Longacre also liked the Liberty Seated design used on the silver coins of the late 1830s. [B]Here's AN 1854 CENT Pattern with Liberty Seated [/B](image courtesy of uspatterns.com) (These were weak strikes so the 4 appears to look like a 1): [URL]http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1093959[/URL] Longacre liked the 1854 Flying Eagle Cent results so much, he struck more patterns in 1855. [B]NOTE: [/B]He struck them with four different reverses: 2 leaves below "E" 3 leaves below "E" 4 leaves below "E" 5 leaves below "E" This image, courtesy of uspatterns.com, is the 2 leaves variety: [URL]http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1248684[/URL] [B]HERE'S ALL 3 REVERSES [/B](image courtesy of uspatterns): [URL]http://uspatterns.com/all318rev.html[/URL] And, of course, you know the results of those patterns (the 1856 Flying Eagle Cent): (image and data courtesy of Coin Facts): [URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/flying_eagle_cents/1856_flying_eagle_cent.htm[/URL] Please let me know if you enjoyed this item... Clinker[/QUOTE]
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