£180.00
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USA, Flying Eagle copper-nickel Cent, 1857, Philadelphia, 4.71g (KM 85). About Extremely Fine, small patch of verdigris on reverse.
Longacre’s obverse of an eagle in flight is based on that of the Gobrecht Dollar. Some sources report that that bird was based on Peter the Eagle, a bird which Mint workers fed and tamed in the early 1830s.
| Coin Group | World |
|---|---|
| Denomination | l Cent |
| Metal | Copper |
| Country | USA |
| Weight | 4.71 g |
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