1858 Flying Eagle Small Letters ~ Please Grade

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Sheepy Valued Member United States 152 Posts	Posted 11/15/2007 5:10 pm Hello Everyone... Just got FE ~ small letters... he's not quite as sharp as the other 2 I have but I was intrigued by the rev... he also appears to have a line through his body under the wing to the leg... it does not seem to be a scratch Let me know what you think! Report this Post to the Staff

Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6381 Posts	Posted 11/15/2007 7:00 pm Hi Sheepy, I don't know what to make of the line under the wing. It starts out thick at the eagle's neck and gets narrower towards the leg. Seems like a very unusual scratch, if it is a scratch. Maybe it's a "struck through" kind of mint error. Whatever it is, it has the same color as the rest of the coin so it certainly isn't recent. The obverse rim mark at 10:00 looks like a minor rim ding (damage), but I think the other rim marks are small Cuds resulting from deteriorating dies. These are as-struck and are pretty cool. I'd grade this one as choice VF, almost XF. It has a very nice look overall. Report this Post to the Staff
Bilbo Pillar of the Community United States 812 Posts	Posted 11/15/2007 8:50 pm I'd grade this one VF-25. Lots of cool Cud. Report this Post to the Staff
amac44 Member United States 3242 Posts	Posted 11/16/2007 10:50 am EF-ish Report this Post to the Staff
SA4H Pillar of the Community United States 2764 Posts	Posted 11/18/2007 06:52 am Very nice Cud. VF35 to XF40, notice the wear on the right wing and at the legs' feathers. Without those wear, it' would definitely XF40-XF45. "ONE CENT" is very bold, that's good. Report this Post to the Staff
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