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Lustrous MS63 1856 Flying Eagle Cent, Snow-3

1856 1C MS63 PCGS. Snow-3. The Snow-3 1856 Flying Eagles are mostly business strikes, and they constitute the examples actually struck in 1856 and distributed to Congressmen and Washington VIPS in support of the effort to launch the new-style small cents. Most of the Snow-9s are proofs, restrikes from a few years later struck for collectors. The repunched flag on the top of the 5 in the date makes attribution of the Snow-3 relatively easy, although the present specimen also shows strike doubling on most of the peripheral legends. Generous luster proceeds from both sides of this Select Mint State coin, which has predominantly honey-gold surfaces with considerable field-device contrast. The strike is fairly weak on the peripheries, with softness on the eagle's head and tail and the wreath on the reverse. Population: 40 in 63, 49 finer (11/09).(Registry values: N4719)

Coin Index Numbers: (PCGS# 2013, GSID# 15310)

Metal: 88% Copper, 12% Nickel
Weight: 4.70 grams
Weight: 0.14589oz
Mintage: 1,000

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