Flying Eagle Cherrypicking

Coxe

My 10 year old daughter has shown interest in collecting FE cents, graduating from the state quarters, Lincolns and Jeffersons. I could giver her my copy of Rick Snow's book and get her going but I wonder how successful folks doing that series by variety are in cherrypicking. Do you find many of them have been already screened and scrutinized by sellers and the folks before them making it difficult to pick a rarity among the common? Also how difficult is it at the lower budget grades, perhaps even problem coins?

Atlantic

They are still out there, I have found many, It sounds like a great idea and loads of fun, if she has interest in the FE's the Indians are also great fun with much more opportunity in finding varieties in lower grade coins

millennium

I love the Flying Eagle Cents...I remember when I was a kid (a million years ago now, it seems) that was my favorite. I still have a collection of them plus the varieties...Sure can't go wrong and they can be cherrypicked...

Conder101

<< <i>Do you find many of them have been already screened and scrutinized by sellers and the folks before them making it difficult to pick a rarity among the common? >>


Let me put it this way, there were roughly 119 million large cents made compared to 32 million FE cents. I'm sure there are more people searching for large cents by variety than there are searching for FE cents by variety. The large cent people have had good references and been searching the available coins for over 130 years, and cherries are still being found. Not as frequently, but they are still showing up. I seriously doubt that all the cherries have been pulled from the available FE cents in the relatively short period that the smaller number of FE specialists have been looking.

michael

<< Do you find many of them have been already screened and scrutinized by sellers and the folks before them making it difficult to pick a rarity among the common? >>


Let me put it this way, there were roughly 119 million large cents made compared to 32 million FE cents. I'm sure there are more people searching for large cents by variety than there are searching for FE cents by variety. The large cent people have had good references and been searching the available coins for over 130 years, and cherries are still being found. Not as frequently, but they are still showing up. I seriously doubt that all the cherries have been pulled from the available FE cents in the relatively short period that the smaller number of FE specialists have been looking.

Coxe

Thanks all. I think I will give her a shot at it. I seem to recall a cople good ones were clashed 1857 ones and they should be relatively easy to spot in lower grades. Just didn't want to frustrate her if it was a hopeless endeavor. .....and I could always teach her about VAMs and have her looking for PO1 and FA2 hot lips.

michael

look for the overdate in the 1858 with the top right corner of the seven sticking out at the far left top of the second eight many are out there and missed raw and in plastic

would be a cool find in a later die state and even a killer find in an early die state

good luck flyer boi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Barndog

I talked to a well-known dealer a couple weeks ago who had a "plain-as-the-nose-on-your-face" 1858/7 FEC for sale (it was easily a 63BR). He got it from another well-known dealer unattributed. The dealer who bought it from the other dealer picked the coin up from the other guy's case, looked at the coin without magnification for about five seconds and noted the broken wing and the lump up and to the right of the 8, and handed it to the dealer who then owned it. He asked how much do you want for it? The guy took a look at the coin, flipped it over a few times to inspect it, and quoted "type price." After being asked, "are you sure?" he said that he was sure and the deal was done. So my limited experience tells me that cherrypicks are out there for FEC

BobGreene

Is she even interested in varieties? Has she shown an interest in the different varieties of the other series she's collected? Perhaps shes's only interested in a date set of Flying Eagles. It's something you should consider and find out. It's great that she's developed an interest in coins. My daughter is working on a date set of Lincolns.

Coxe

Yeah, she watches me do VAMs all the time and has even prescreened some for me. I think she would like varieties, but you are right that shw might just like doing a date set. WOn't hurt for her to try varieties and end up with a few nice date pieces if it doesn't work for her.

Lakesammman

Doing IHC's AND FE's would expand the pool and be alot cheaper. The IHC's could finance the FE's.