1858 Flying Eagle Cent; Large Or Small Letter?

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matchbox Pillar of the Community United States 1007 Posts	Posted 10/14/2011 6:10 pm Here is a worn 1858 Flying Eagle cent. Can anyone tell if this is a large letter or small letter coin from the scan? I'm not an expert on these coins. I think it's a large letter but am not sure. Thanks for your help. Edited by matchbox 10/14/2011 10:13 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 10/14/2011 6:47 pm Your FE cent appears to be a Large Letter variety. Check out Johnny "Countdown"'s amazing FE collection. He shows nice examples of both types of 1858. https://goccf.com/t/100147#100147 Report this Post to the Staff
matchbox Pillar of the Community United States 1007 Posts	Posted 10/14/2011 6:55 pm Thanks Moe! I thought it was a large letter coin but wanted to make sure. Yes, johnny54321's collection is incredible! Report this Post to the Staff
hesgut Pillar of the Community 1028 Posts	Posted 10/14/2011 8:59 pm I am pretty sure its large letters, but the key, as I'm sure you know, is the A and M in AMERICA, which is obliterated. I'm just going based off the fact that the letters we can see do appear to be big, but different dies produced slightly different results so I wouldn't say 100% for sure its LL. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 10/15/2011 09:47 am I don't believe there actually is a difference in the size of the letters between the two varieties. The "large" letters is just closer together at the AM and the letters touch. Report this Post to the Staff
VisigothKing Pillar of the Community United States 4778 Posts	Posted 10/15/2011 2:14 pm I agree that it's large letters. Report this Post to the Staff
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