1856 1C Flying Eagle PR(PCGS#2037)

November 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2022

等级

PR61

价格

119,455

详细说明

An attractive and original specimen showing only light muting to the finish and wispy handling marks to explain the Proof-61 numeric grade from PCGS. The fields remain noticeably semi-reflective, and they support boldly impressed design elements. Delicate silvery tinting with dominant vivid medium pinkish-orange color that delivers strong eye appeal.<p>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 historically significant of survivors.