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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 5190219, member: 101855&quot;]Coin collecting in America got started in 1857. Prior to that, there were very few collectors. The inspiration was the passing of the large cents. People started collecting them, but they didn’t take huge shine to their replacements.They were saved, but not huge quantities. In addition a cent had more buying power then. You couldn’t save huge numbers of them without curbing you current consumption. </p><p><br /></p><p>One more factor is that many Flying Eagle cents were not well struck. They often come weak in the tail feather area because it was opposite the wreath on the reverse. Finding the “perfect” piece was not without effort, ever in 1857.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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