1857 FE Snow 3

VicPortland

I recently acquired an 1857 Flying Eagle cent, Snow-3 (picture enclosed). The PCGS slab notes that it is a Doubled Die Obverse. I asked PCGS if they keep population info on 1857 DDO, but they said no. Does anyone have an idea how to value this coin? Specifically, what sort of premium might there be for this coin vs a standard 1857?

Opinions and thoughts appreciated.

KlectorKid

Wow pretty coin! As for the price copper is not my specialty... infact I have to specialty, oh well.

goose3

nice one. what grade is it? looks to be High end Au or so but pic is dark.

goose3

Vic you don't have your PM enabled so.......
If you ultimately sell it and it is an AU, please email or Pm me with asking price.

Pushkin

Cherrypickers list 1857 Snow-3 in XF at $175 and AU at $225. F.IND.ERS gives a Snow-4 (very similar) at $140 and $235.

These values are usually a little high - probably high retail. F.IND.ERS is also a bit out of date. I would say about $140 in XF and
$200 in AU since the coin is in a PCGS slab, unless you want to take some time to sell it, you might get closer to Cherrypickers.

Again, just some rough estimates. Good luck.

VicPortland

I apologize for the quality of the photo. I don't have an elaborate lighting scheme worked out yet--still depending on the sun or a table lamp to provide the illumination! It is a PCGS 62. I have a couple of other PCGS 63 Flyers and I would have to say this one is fairly close in quality. Probably one blemish too many to make the grade.

I'm not looking to sell this coin, but I am trying to find out a little more about it.

From what I have read in on the Heritage archives, it seems that the Snow-3 variety is a little more difficult to find than Snow-4, and both are considered to be the most obvious DDO varieties. Still, this doesn't give me much info on how rare either of these varieties are and approximately what premium is associated with either.

I don't know how to enable PMs. I'll poke around and see if I can figure out how to enable it.

Pushkin

MS-62 PCGS changes the $ equation. I'd guess something in the $400-500 range. The Snow-3 is a URS-11 (500-1000 examples), which is not very rare, Snow-4 is about the same. The problem with varieties is that usually they must be both rare and popular for a significant premium. Anyway, check Cherrypickers for rough value and "rarity".

However, MS Flyers are ALWAYS nice to own.

Lakesammman

The old cherry pickers price from 2000 suggests $375 for MS60, $650 for MS63. With varieties, many would prefer to cherrypick them. It's hard to find someone willing to pay retail. Congrats on finding yours!

VicPortland

Thanks for the inputs.

I actually 'backed-in' to this purchase (long story), but I am glad I did. I don't know that I will attempt to collect many more varieties, but this DDO really is interesting to look at. UNC Flyers are really a thing of beauty, but they sure can put a hurt on the budget!