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1856 1C PR64 Cameo NGC. Snow-2. The U in UNITED has a

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1856 1C PR64 Cameo NGC. Snow-2. The U in UNITED has a
<B>1856<1C> PR64 Cameo NGC.</B></I> Snow-2. The U in UNITED has a pointed base, and faint die lines are present near the left ribbon end. Snow-2 is a much better die variety. In his 2001 <I>Flying Eagle & Indian Cent Attribution Guide, 1856-1858,</B></I> specialist Rick Snow estimates "about one out of every 30 to 40 examples" are Snow-2, and "between 15 and 25 examples exist." As of (9/06), NGC has certified exactly one 1856 Flying Eagle cent as Cameo. That would be the present coin, which does indeed display noticeable contrast between the devices and the mirrored field. The eagle is particularly frosty. Delightful orange, salmon-pink, and ice-white toning endows the flashy fields, which are nicely preserved but exhibit numerous faint mint-made striations. The dies are moderately rotated.
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