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1857 Flying Eagle

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Am I seeing wear on the tail side or is it a weak strike? The closeups show some of the lettering better. "UNITED" and most of "STATES" look normal.

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Appears the reverse is a weak strike.
I would put it at XF40
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I'll guess some wear, some grease in the die, and strike weakness in the tail/reverse--pretty common.
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I'll guess some wear, some grease in the die, and strike weakness in the tail/reverse--pretty common.


Little bit of everything, culminating in a really cool coin.

Am I seeing a DDO or PMD with the two distinct serif tips on the F?
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It sure looks like it... on all of "AMERICA", too
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It appears to be MD, and the F looks like PMD. Thought DDO at first to....
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Here's a couple more at different angles. Definitely looks strange.



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Didn't see that at first. Looks like MD.
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Are the lumps at the top of the letters from die chips? I really love this coins design. I wish it would have been used on a bigger planchet like a half or dollar coin. You gotta love that bird.
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Now I say Deffinatley MD/PMD, not just maybe.... sorry.
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Notice how the doubling cuts into the devices? MD....
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The Gobrecht type dollars had a flying eagle on the reverse.

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Vermontensium,

Shows how little I know. Still have a long way to go. I just looked at the Gobrecht dollars and they are very beautiful coins. Only problem is I don't want to spend 20K on a coin (unless it's worth over 40K). Thanks for the quick education. The School of Hard Knocks is never out of session.
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