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1c EAGLE 1856-58


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Grade: NGC AU 53
Owner: EZ_E
 
Winning Set: Vic's Picks
Date Added: 11/18/2006
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Purchase off of ebay from numismaticclassics.<br /><br />****************************************<br />1857 ONE CENT - FLYING EAGLE<br />****************************************<br /><br />Mintage:<br />Circulation strikes: 17,450,000<br />Proofs: estimated 500 (see notes)<br /><br />Designer: James Barton Longacre (using Christian Gobrecht's eagle design)<br /><br />Diameter: ±19 millimeters<br /><br />Metal content:<br />Copper - ±88%<br />Nickel - ±12% <br /><br />Weight: ±72 grains (±4.7 grams)<br /><br />Edge: Plain<br /><br />Mintmark: None (all examples of this date and type were struck at Philadelphia)<br /><br />Notes:<br />1857 saw the end of an era as the old, bulky Large Cents were replaced with a new, smaller One Cent piece designed by James Longacre (the "new" design was actually an old one, borrowed from the reverse of Christian Gobrecht's Silver Dollars of 1836-1839). The metal composition was changed from nearly pure Copper to a Copper-Nickel mixture that gave added strength and a lighter color, earning the coins the nickname "White Cents." To ensure widespread distribution, the Mint produced over 17,000,000 of the new Small Cents, nearly six times the production of Large Cents in the previous year.

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