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1857 Flying Eagle

lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
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What a wonderful design. A shame it didn't last longer.



Thanks to Andy at Angel Dee's for this example!

Lance.



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  • OuthaulOuthaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice die break.
  • DIMEMANDIMEMAN Posts: 22,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful coin and you are right it was a wonderful design. Those days are gone!
  • etexmikeetexmike Posts: 6,852 ✭✭✭
    Great looking piece of copper. Congrats on the addition.



    Andy is one of the good guys to deal with.





    Mike
  • JustacommemanJustacommeman Posts: 22,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    great snag Lance! Congrats!



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  • oih82w8oih82w8 Posts: 12,511 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fine looking example...I mean MS64.



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  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The great thing about Angel Dee's is that they don't buy or sell anything but the best. I'm a long time customer and yet even when I offer to sell or trade-in a coin I no longer want or need if it doesn't meet their standards Andy and Alynne will politely decline and suggest other ways to move it.



    How novel. He won't take in dreck because he doesn't want to sell it, no matter the price. Some other dealers represented on this forum are the same way. Those are the ones I want to do business with.

    Lance.
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  • sparky64sparky64 Posts: 7,041 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Amazing strike.

    Just look at the feather detail.

    Well done.

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  • BoosibriBoosibri Posts: 12,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a great example.Congrats

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  • koynekwestkoynekwest Posts: 10,048 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lkeigwin

    What a wonderful design. A shame it didn't last longer.



    I totally agree. Best cent design by a mile and one of the best of all US coins.



  • NumisOxideNumisOxide Posts: 10,997 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice UNC example! One day I need to pick one up in this condition.
  • ldhairldhair Posts: 7,312 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pretty coin.
    Larry

  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,667 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Hydrant
    Yes, I agree. Just goes to show that bad taste and awful decisions on coin designs are nothing new at the U.S. mint. Must be a government thing.


    Don't condemn the mint too much for replacing this design. The combination of metal flow problems plus the difficulty of striking the design on copper-nickel planchets accounted for the shortness of the series.

    Nice designs are only one part of the circulating coin puzzle. The mint has to be able to mass produce the coin cheaply and well also. The high cost of production was the main argument against Teddy Roosevelt's "pet baby" the 1907 High Relief $20 gold.
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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,667 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: oih82w8
    Fine looking example...I mean MS64.

    I have been browsing Angel Dees for a while, just have not pulled the trigger yet.



    WOW! That is only graded as an MS-64? I was thinking that it was at least an MS-65.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A really nice specimen and great design...A true to nature representation of the eagle...

    Cheers, RickO
  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I also love this design as there's nothing not to like. Andy did ya right my friend. Congratulations Lance on such a beauty.image
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  • DoubleEagle59DoubleEagle59 Posts: 8,375 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great coin and great design.

    They should make a 1 ounce gold coin with that stunning majestic obverse and any old reverse you can think of.
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  • NicNic Posts: 3,400 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful coin. I am still looking for MY 1857.

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  • deefree49deefree49 Posts: 282 ✭✭✭
    That is a fine coin. The obverse strike is very strong. Nice pickup!



    I am a big fan of Angel Dee's and Andy has pretty much singlehandedly filled up my PCGS boxes.



    Nice photo too. Since you mention coin photography services on your posts, I'm guessing those are your images? Very good stuff.



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  • goldengolden Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice!
  • WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
    One of my all time favorite designs. Great to see you adding to your small cents Lance. I was afraid you were going Bust almost exclusively, not that's that's a bad thing! Nice shooting too.
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: WildIdea

    One of my all time favorite designs. Great to see you adding to your small cents Lance. I was afraid you were going Bust almost exclusively, not that's that's a bad thing! Nice shooting too.


    LOL. No, I haven't given up on them. Just being selective.



    I also like large cents. After a very long time looking...almost 10 years...and being disappointed again and again, I finally bought a 1799. I'll share it soon.

    Lance.
    Coin Photography Services / Everyman Registry set / BHNC #213
  • WildIdeaWildIdea Posts: 1,877 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: lkeigwin
    Originally posted by: WildIdea
    One of my all time favorite designs. Great to see you adding to your small cents Lance. I was afraid you were going Bust almost exclusively, not that's that's a bad thing! Nice shooting too.

    LOL. No, I haven't given up on them. Just being selective.

    I also like large cents. After a very long time looking...almost 10 years...and being disappointed again and again, I finally bought a 1799. I'll share it soon.
    Lance.


    Yes, I've also been wanting to get into buying large cents, but they have been so hot I'm not pulling the trigger very often. A few come in my B&M now and then raw that are pleasing and that's when I buy. Same with bust halfs. On fire for quality and seem to be on everyone's radar. It seems better to not chase what everyone is looking at. The fliers seem to have softened a few hundred in 64 from a few years ago. That's the grade I target in those so I'm not versed in other grades prices. Big jump in 65 and lower grades don't show the detail well or have spots, etc.

    Can't wait to see the 1799.
  • BryceMBryceM Posts: 11,850 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Yup. Pretty. Even color, really nice strike detail. The photos don't suck either. image
  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Beautiful FE Lance! Andy's the best.
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,613 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Excellent coin!

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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    Very nice image
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  • crazyhounddogcrazyhounddog Posts: 14,040 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm always impressed with your selections . Your collection is nothing short of amazing.
    Can't wait to see your 1799.
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  • topstuftopstuf Posts: 14,803 ✭✭✭✭✭
    VERY nice. Almost makes me rethink my newer "no LITTLE coins" rule.

    He seems to specialize in the smaller coins.
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm not in with the crowd on this one. I thought it was a 63ish coin as the field luster was not booming....the peripheral luster is stronger than the interior obv fields. I prefer them equal. Great strike though on orig surfaces....on one of my favorite designs. I rank luster and field abrasions ahead of strike.
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  • SkyManSkyMan Posts: 9,493 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lovely piece Lance! Good going!

    While I am sad that the FE design didn't extend beyond 1858, I do think that the Indian Head design is very pretty too. Actually, I bought a couple IHC at the Sunnyvale show on Friday and showed them to my significant other. That was the first time she had seen IHC, and she QUITE liked the design.

    Did you go to Sunnyvale?
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  • VicPortlandVicPortland Posts: 287 ✭✭✭
    My favorite series. I would have guessed 64. Nice looking coin.

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