Value Of Fr-2 Or Ag-3 Flying Eagle Cents

According to my "Official Red Book", a Sm. letters 1958 Flying Eagle Eent worth about $28 in G-4 condition, so in AG probably somewhere between $20-$25 dollars.

Don't forget that PCGS price guide values are for coins in problem-free PCGS slabs.

Actual fair market value is usually quite a bit lower.

Flying Eagle cents are a bit more expensive than other series even in low grades because the Treasury in the 1880s was on a program of removing them from circulation for replacement with bronze cents, making them a scarcity in circulation, and the type was only struck for circulation for two years; the supply of FEC's is lower in almost any grade than both later-date Large Cents and earlier-date Indian Head cents. This does not create too much of a price bump, though, as demand for FECs is usually limited to type coin collectors and date set collectors, although they do have many die varieties to collect for only two years. Once you've got an 1857 and both 1858's you're done unless you've got the financial means to chase an 1856 down.

Lowball sets (both Poor and Poor/Fair) have been really popular for a few years now as Imthealphaomega notes above. I would add that not only is it about a coin's history but there is a fair bit of cynicism about the effects Top Registry Set collecting has had on the coin collecting hobby and the coin market, so lowball collection can be seen as a reaction against the highest end Top Registry Sets by creating Bottom Registry Sets. :) Either which way, you can now find a large variety of coins in FR-02 and PO-01 holders that would have been tossed as culls or junk drawer coins not that long ago.

So are these fairly priced? http://www.ebay.com/itm/1857-1858-F...em419c3c1c61
I guess I'll have to look for them at the nearby coin show next month to see what prices they have there.

If you have access to a coin show, why bother taking chances with ebay?