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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 417456, member: 6229"]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">:hammer:Guess what?</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">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.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Here's the image</font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"> (courtesy of uspatterns.com):</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><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></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Be aware, Longacre also liked the Seated Liberty design used on the silver coins of the late 1830s.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Here's an 1854 cent pattern with Liberty seated</font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"> (image courtesy of uspatterns,com) (These were weak strikes so the 4 looks like a 1):</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><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></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Longacre liked the Flying Eagle concept so much he struck more patterns in 1855.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">NOTE: </font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">This Flying Eagle Cent Pattern is a variety which has 2 leaves under the "E" on the reverse. (image courtesy of uspatterns.com):</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.yimg.com/uspatterns_1962_104733" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.yimg.com/uspatterns_1962_104733" rel="nofollow">http://www.yimg.com/uspatterns_1962_104733</a></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">HERE'S THE OTHER 3 REVERSES: </font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">(image courtesy of uspatterns.com):</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><a href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907" rel="nofollow">http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907</a></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">HERE'S THE RESULTS: </font></font></b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">(Image and data courtesy of Coin Facts):</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><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></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p> </p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia....</font></font></p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Clinker</font></font></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">HERE'S THE RESULTS: </font></font></b></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907</font></font></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 417456, member: 6229"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]:hammer:Guess what?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]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.[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Here's the image[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] (courtesy of uspatterns.com):[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1934_186674[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Be aware, Longacre also liked the Seated Liberty design used on the silver coins of the late 1830s.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Here's an 1854 cent pattern with Liberty seated[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] (image courtesy of uspatterns,com) (These were weak strikes so the 4 looks like a 1):[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_1093959[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Longacre liked the Flying Eagle concept so much he struck more patterns in 1855.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]NOTE: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]This Flying Eagle Cent Pattern is a variety which has 2 leaves under the "E" on the reverse. (image courtesy of uspatterns.com):[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://www.yimg.com/uspatterns_1962_104733[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]HERE'S THE OTHER 3 REVERSES: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](image courtesy of uspatterns.com):[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]HERE'S THE RESULTS: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3](Image and data courtesy of Coin Facts):[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][URL]http://www.coinfacts.com/small_cents/flying_eagle_cents/1856_flying_eagle_cent.htm[/URL][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Let me know if you enjoyed this trivia....[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Clinker[/SIZE][/FONT] [B][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]HERE'S THE RESULTS: [/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [URL="http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]http://store1.yimg.com/I/uspatterns_1886_121907[/SIZE][/FONT][/URL][/QUOTE]
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