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Some of the pennies lying around your house could far exceed their face value of one cent. ... 7. 1856 Flying Eagle Cent — $172,500 ... the original dies in 1858 and 1859. These coins can range ...
The Flying Eagle cent is a one-cent piece struck by the Mint of the United States as a pattern coin in 1856 and for circulation in 1857 and 1858. The coin was designed by Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre , with the eagle in flight based on the work of Longacre's predecessor, Christian Gobrecht .
Struck in nickel for collectors. Only 7 are known to exist. ... Flying Eagle cent. Flying Eagle cent, 1856–1858 (Cupronickel) Year Mint Mintage Comments 1856 (P ...
The result was the Flying Eagle cent, the same diameter as the later Lincoln cent but somewhat thicker and heavier, composed of 88% copper and 12% nickel. The Flying Eagle cent was struck in limited numbers as a pattern coin in 1856, then for circulation in 1857 and 1858. [3]
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The Coinage Act of 1857 (Act of Feb. 21, 1857, Chap. 56, 34th Cong., Sess. III, 11 Stat. 163) was an act of the United States Congress which ended the status of foreign coins as legal tender, repealing all acts "authorizing the currency of foreign gold or silver coins". Specific coins would be exchanged at the Treasury and re-coined. The act is ...
The penny, also known as the cent, is a coin in the United States representing one-hundredth of a dollar.It has been the lowest face-value physical unit of U.S. currency since the abolition of the half-cent in 1857 (the abstract mill, which has never been minted, equal to a tenth of a cent, continues to see limited use in the fields of taxation and finance).
Flying Eagle, 1856-1858 Indian Head, laurel wreath, 1859 Indian Head, oak leaf wreath, copper nickel, 1860-1864 Indian Head, oak leaf wreath, bronze, 1864-1909 Lincoln Head, VDB, 1909 Lincoln Head, wheat reverse, 1909-1958 Lincoln Head, steel, 1943 Lincoln Head, Memorial reverse, (bronze) 1959-1982, (copper plated zinc) 1982-2008