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1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Copper-Nickel, J-180 MS

1C 1856 FLYING EAGLE. PCGS PR66 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions

1856 Flying Eagle 1c NGC Proof 66 (Snow-5)
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 Flying Eagle 1c NGC Proof 66 (Snow-5)
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 Flying Eagle 1c NGC Proof 66 (Snow-5)
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 Flying Eagle 1c NGC Proof 66 (Snow-5)
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1C 1856 FLYING EAGLE. PCGS PR66 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions

1C 1856 FLYING EAGLE. PCGS PR66 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions

1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-9. Proof-66 (NGC).
Source: Stacks Bowers

1856 Flying Eagle Cent. Snow-9. Proof-66 (NGC).
Source: Stacks Bowers

1C 1856 FLYING EAGLE. PCGS PR65 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions

1C 1856 FLYING EAGLE. PCGS PR65+ CAC
Source: Legend Auctions

1856 1c Fly.Eagle NGC Proof 65 (Snow-3 Mint State 65; ex:Mintz)
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 1c Flying Eagle NGC Proof 65
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 Flying Eagle 1c PCGS Proof 65
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 1c NGC Proof 65 (Flying Eagle)
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1C 1856 FLYING EAGLE. PCGS PR65 CAC
Source: Legend Auctions

1856 Flying Eagle 1c PCGS Proof 65
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 Flying Eagle 1c PCGS Proof 65
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 Flying Eagle 1c PCGS/CAC Proof 65 (Eagle Eye Photo Seal)
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins

1856 Flying Eagle 1c PCGS Proof 65
Source: David Lawrence Rare Coins




















Greysheet Catalog Details (GSID: 376426)
1856 Cent. J-180 is the famous and popular “1856 Flying Eagle cent” widely collected transitional pattern, listed in A Guide Book of United States Coins, and of commanding importance to generations of numismatists. Examples exist in all grades. Die varieties exist and have been described by Richard Snow in his text on Flying Eagle cents.
Obverse: Eagle flying left, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above, 1856 below.
Reverse: “Agricultural wreath” enclosing ONE CENT, the design used for regular-issue Flying Eagle cents in 1857 and 1858.
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