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1856 1c Flying Eagle CAM

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1856 1C Flying Eagle, Snow-4, PR63+ Cameo PCGS. CAC. 63 HA 30,000 09/12/2024
    1856 1C Snow-2 PR64 Cameo PCGS. CAC. 64 HA 28,200 01/11/2016
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      NNP Encyclopedia data is provided in cooperation with Whitman Brands, based on catalog data organized by the Greysheet Identification System (GSID).

      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 882037
      Coin Date: 1856
      Denomination (Short): 1c
      Denomination (Long): Cent
      Variety: Flying Eagle
      Desg: PR
      Prefix: Key Date
      Composition: 0.880 Copper; 0.120 Nickel
      Mintage: 2000
      Strike Type: Proof
      Coinage Type: Flying Eagle
      Coinage Years: 1856-1858
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Diameter: 19
      Weight (Grams): 4.67
      Designer: James B. Longacre
      Edge: Plain
      Obverse Description: An eagle with wings extended in full flight fills the central obverse design with the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the top periphery. The date is centered at the bottom.
      Reverse Description: The reverse bears the denomination of ONE CENT in the center surrounded by a wreath bearing a ribbon tied in at the bottom center.
      General Notes: Very popular as the key date in the Flying Eagle business strike set, proof coins are far more common than their accepted business-strike counterparts (see 1856 Flying Eagle MS). For this reason, proof examples -- which are the most common date of any in the Flying Eagle type -- are more desirable than the 1857-1858 issues.
      PCGS #: 882037
      NGC ID: 227A
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