1858 Flying Eagle Cent About Uncirculated to Mint State Exceptional Coin #6984

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1858 1C Small Letters Flying Eagle Cent

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Circulated. Please view the photos for your own grading and condition assessments. Slightly rotated die on the reverse.
Made in Philadelphia. Slightly ROTATED DIE on the reverse.

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The popularity of the 1857 Flying Eagle Cent proved conclusively the concept of the Small Cent. After 1857, the Large Cent was discontinued and the Mint turned out Small Cents in record numbers in 1858, this time topping 24 million coins. Three major varieties appear on 1858 Small Cents: Small Letters, Large Letters, and 1858 over 7. On the Small Letters variety, the A and M of AMERICA are completely separated; on the Large Letters variety, the A and M are connected at their bases.
Based on the PCGS Population Report, the Large Letters variety appears to be the most common (the Small Letters has a population that is 58% lower than that of the Large Letters). In Mint State, the most frequently-seen grade for the Small Letters variety is MS-64, followed by MS-63. The finest examples of the Small Letters 1858 Flying Eagle Cent are nine MS-66s.

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Designer
James Barton Longacre
eBay Product ID (ePID)
170414615

Product Key Features

Mint Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Strike Type
Business
Year
1858

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Weight
4.7g

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Mint Mark
P
EDGE
Plain
Diameter
19mm
Major Variety
Small Letters
Composition
88% Copper, 12% Nickel
Denomination
1C
Mintage
246
PCGS Number
2020
Mint
Philadelphia

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by garquallOct 31, 2016
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Fantastic Future Family Investment !
The coins I collect shall be passed on to my surviving Son & Grandson. Been collecting since I was a Boy Scout, collection has grown thru the years, all I can say is when they get this collection, THEY WILL BE THANKFUL & IMPRESSED ! I can hear their words now, Thanks Dad & Thanks Grandpa.
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by markho62Apr 12, 2018
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Exaggerated quality of this coin, much more worn than in the photo.
I am not even positive this is the same coin as the picture, the wear on the one I received was much worse, the letters are barely legible. I can understand why no returns are accepted, it is because this is a scam to sell worn out coins. I am holding the coin I received in 2 pictures. Coins backed by yellow paper are the ones from the listing.
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by ifnot4u2Feb 24, 2015
Our nations first small cent
By the mid-1850s it was apparent that the large copper cents struck since 1793 were too cumbersome and unpopular, as well as increasingly uneconomical to make. The idea of fiduciary coinage, based on the trustworthiness of the issuing authority, not on the coin's intrinsic value, was beginning to catch on as well. Sooner or later the "big coppers" would have gone the way of the dinosaur. Designed by James B. Longacre, the Flying Eagle motif was actually an adaptation of the Christian Gobrecht/Titian Peale design used on pattern dollars twenty years before. The reverse wreath was similarly adapted from the model Longacre had made for the 1854 one and three dollar gold pieces. As with other Longacre designs, the relief was too high. This caused problems on fully struck coins, they would not stack properly, and on less than perfectly produced pieces it created problems associated with die opposition, that is, either the eagle's head and tail did not strike up fully on the obverse or the wreath was ill-defined on the reverse. It was Longacre's inability to engrave dies properly that led to the early demise of the series. A new design was needed where die opposition would not be a problem as it had been between the eagle on the obverse and the wreath on the reverse. It was this need that led Longacre to redesign the small cent for 1859, replacing the flying eagle motif with an Indian head. The original small cent design, however, gave collectors of 19th century U.S. coins a short, yet challenging series that continues to intrigue numismatists more than a century laterRead full review
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by romeo1juliet2Apr 12, 2018
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by drjtk1976Dec 04, 2018
A beauty!
Coin is a beauty! Great price! AAA+
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item 1 1858 1c Small Letters FLYING EAGLE cent ROTATED DIE 1 -1858 1c Small Letters FLYING EAGLE cent ROTATED DIE

item 2 1858 FLYING EAGLE CENT-KM 85-ONE CENT-SMALL LETTERS-AG, DETAILS FREE USA SHIP 2 -1858 FLYING EAGLE CENT-KM 85-ONE CENT-SMALL LETTERS-AG, DETAILS FREE USA SHIP

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