This is a PCGS Graded Coin. You will receive the pictured coin. You are Buying a 1856 Flying Eagle Cent graded PR 30 by PCGS. Rich amber-copper color blankets every feature, none of which reveal even the most trivial distraction. The strike is razor sharp throughout, being most impressive over the eagle's breast feathers on the obverse and the ribbon on the reverse. Modest brightness is noted in the fields at certain angles.
1856 Flying Eagle Cent - Although technically a pattern, the 1856 Flying Eagle cent is a popular coin due to its status as the first small cent in U.S. coinage history. The legislation that authorized the new copper-nickel alloy was not passed until February 21, 1857, but the Mint produced an unknown number of proof specimens in 1856 to help win Congressional support for the proposal. Writing in 1977, Breen stated that 1,500-2,500 proofs were produced, with the latter number probably closer to the truth. In his 1992 book Flying Eagle and Indian Cents, Richard Snow asserts that approximately 1,050 proofs were delivered, as well as approximately 500 business strikes. While we may never know the true mintage figure of this issue, there is no doubt that the present example belongs in an advanced collection that highlights originality as well as technical quality.
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