1856 1C Flying Eagle MS(PCGS#2013)
1856 1C Flying Eagle MS (PCGS#2013)
November 2017 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 10014
- 等级
- MS62
- 价格
- 123,312
- 详细说明
- Mint State 1856 Flying Eagle Cent Pattern Snow-3 Dies 1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-3. Repunched 5, High Leaves. MS-62 (PCGS). Soft, golden brown luster surrounds the devices and accompanies regions of olive and bluish hues across this lovely rarity. Nicely preserved for the assigned grade, appearing smooth and unblemished under magnification. The strike is sharp and intricate throughout, with evidence of a wire rime tracing the circumference of both sides. Following the production of small-diameter patterns since 1850, by 1856 the desire to create a new format cent for circulation was at its height. The Mint in Philadelphia struck close to 1,000 examples of James B. Longacre's Flying Eagle design type for distribution to important individuals. Specialist Rick Snow suggests that the Snow-3 variety offered here "makes up most or all of the 634 specimens originally distributed to Congress to help promote passage of the pending coinage bill." The presence of an 1856 Flying Eagle cent in one's collection announces that a major milestone has been accomplished, and this piece is among the most handsome of available representatives. PCGS# 2013. NGC ID: NULL. Provenance: From the Lux Family Collection, begun as early as the 1850s.