1856 1C Snow-9 PR63 PCGS....

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1856 Flying Eagle Cent, PR63
Snow-9, Small Cent Date
PCGS Old Green Holder

1856 1C Snow-9 PR63 PCGS. Die State E/E, exhibiting a die crack from the beak up through UNI to the rim, and two small die cracks on the reverse. Snow-9 is one of the restrikes produced between late 1857 and 1860 to supply collector demand for the rare debut small cent issue. Snow-9 is the most common variety seen, and while it typically displays characteristics consistent with traditional proofs, the variety often contains striking defects and lacks deeply mirrored fields.
This luminous PR63 displays sharp devices and, as noted above, it has satiny rather than mirrored fields. Chestnut-gold surfaces cover most of this example alongside small areas of original mint-copper. Faint hues of lavender, sea-green and yellow-gold float through the fields, and a few spots of russet on the obverse serve as pedigree markers. Light contact marks are trivial and grade consistent. Housed in a PCGS Generation 3.1 green label holder, and listed among the 100 Greatest U.S. Coins (#70 in 6th edition).

Coin Index Numbers: (Variety PCGS# 147890, Base PCGS# 2037, Greysheet# 340423)

Metal: 88% Copper, 12% Nickel
Weight: 4.70 grams
Weight: 0.15oz

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