1858 Flying Eagle Cent GTG-Grade Revealed
Eldorado9
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Go ahead and grade it. Extra points if you can guess any sticker(s)
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67 cac
66, beaned!
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Wow!!!
66 Rick Snow and CAC approval!
66
Very nice! 66 CAC?
MS67 with this...
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65 double sticker very nice
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lovely ... 67 with CAC and Eagle Eye seal of approval !!
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Beautiful. MS66 Photo and CAC. Congrats.
Good guesses guys! I'll post the grade today!
65 - EEPS & CAC. Looks PL too & maybe from the NY hoard.
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67+ CAC
ms65+, fwiw. nice coin as well
Nice one. 66
66+, CAC green bean
Commems and Early Type
65 CAC Gold, Eagle Eye
65+
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66+ and forum approved!
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A nearly perfect coin, where are the grade limiting marks or other issues on this one? MS67.
Nice! PL die crack through tail feathers. I guess 65, PS, maybe CAC too. Looks to deserve it.
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65+ CAC, EE
Stunning coin! Surfaces look amazing!
@psuman08 , @renomedphys , @privatecoin , @cheezhead , @johnny9434 , @rnkmyer1 @Crypto All solid graders! Everyone else who guessed a bit high, your still pretty accurate, as the coin looks better than 65 to me! Thanks for playing!
Description from Rick Snow:
Outstanding prooflike and fully struck. It looks like a proof. This is from the New York hoard of superb gem prooflike Flying Eagle cents that were acquired by New Netherlands coin in New York City in the 1950's. This is from direct conversations in the 1990's with John Ford, who handled the deal. They sold them as Proofs back then, although the value was under $10. Today they are regarded and outstanding MS pieces. The diagnostic is the die crack from the tail, through the final A to the rim. At least one example of these dies is graded as a Proof.
Extra credit to @rnkmyer1 for the exact grade, exact sticker combo, and the NY hoard attribution. The Man knows his Flyers!
But I still win the Give away guessing correctly first, right?
I almost guess PF65 but the strike wasn’t quite there esp on the rev.
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Yes Crypto, You nailed the exact grade and the two stickers first! Nicely done Buddy! I don't have a prize for this one, other than kudos!
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That's what I saw on the reverse. I couldn't go higher with the grade as much as I would have liked, jmo
Beautiful example of one of the best US coin designs of all time.
Totally agree, and I never really was a cent collector, but I gotta admit, I love Flyers.
This FE has so much going for it, well beyond the assigned grade. Great example!!!
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I can count on my fingers the number of excellent luster FEC I have seen. I feel any coin like the OPs should be graded on a different scale. I bet it would star at NGC
Edited to add one of the nicer coins posted recently. You get the kudos @Eldorado9
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Late to the party but, man, I love the smooth surfaces and mellow toning!!
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My first impression was that this FE is possibly a proof. I guessed MS67 but I think it should have at least gotten MS66 considering it's razor-sharp strike. Beautiful piece.
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Damn that’s nice!!! 🥰
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