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Lot 0632 1857 Flying Eagle 1C PCGS MS65

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:1,500.00 USD Estimated At:3,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD
Lot 0632 1857 Flying Eagle 1C PCGS MS65
An incredible array of luster supports bright pastel rose and sky blue highlights of this flying eagle cent. Nicely struck on the eagle's head, wings and tail, the foremost points of weakness that may have caused the mint to change the design two years later. So attractive is this design, and so balanced in its composition, that when Augustus Saint-Gaudens was asked to redesign America's $20 gold piece in 1907, he chose Longacre's flying eagle as his model for the reverse of what became the Saint-Gaudens double eagle.