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The E-Sylum: Volume 14, Number 46, November 6, 2011, Article 12

QUERY: 1856 FLYING EAGLE PATTERN INFORMATION SOUGHT

We've had discussions about 1856 Flying Eagle cents in the past. Here is a new question from Bruce Reager of Idaho. -Editor

Bruce writes:

I just got in a trade, an 1856 Flying Eagle One Cent piece. It's in at least MS63 (in my opinion) in a round plastic holder. The unusual thing about it is that it is in Brass and not the Cupro-Nickel of the normal coins. I'm having trouble deciding if it could be a pattern coin, but usually the pattern has a obverse or reverse design not used in the regular issues struck. I'm wondering if anyone knows if this could be a "trial strike" to see what metal combinations worked well with the trial dies. Anyone have any ideas?

1856 Flying Eagle in Brass

Above is the best image Bruce could supply me with - it's a scan of a photocopy. The best online source for information on U.S. patterns is (naturally) uspatterns.com. Here is a link to the 1856 page: uspatterns.stores.yahoo.net/1856.html .

I didn't find an entry there for a brass/bronze/copper piece, but I pulled off the shelf my copy of the United States Pattern Coins book by Judd. I have the 10th edition, published by Whitman and edited by Dave Bowers with Saul Teichman's research assistance (Saul updates uspatterns.com).

The book has an entry for J-182 which is an 1856 Flying Eagle cent pattern in Bronze. An example was sold by Heritage in 2008. -Editor


Wayne Homren, Editor

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