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1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:17 pmby tinhorn
Finally had some time to go through the final reject can in my multi-sort process. As you can imagine, there were some really unattractive coins in that container. So while I'm hand-sorting the rejects of the rejects, I thought I saw the back of an Indian Head. It was pretty encrusted. I couldn't make out the front--it looked more like a flying bird than a human head. The eagle-eyed missus read the date: 1857! Woot! I'm glad I've invested so much time working on cleaning processes.
Will post pics later.
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:12 pmby Elcid69
Great find, can't wait for the pics...Your hard work has paid off-
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:58 pmby OtusLotus
Awesome!
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:46 pmby RichardPenny43
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:27 amby jacer333
Incredible! Much congrats on this fantastic pull!!
Another example of how sifting through your rejects will pay off for you eventually
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Thu Jul 12, 2012 12:32 amby Spikeanator6982
Hey I found one of those a while ago...hope i didnt misplace mine and it ended up in circulation again
lol
edit: found mine..guess it was 1858 Nice find, I know my heart was racing when I found mine
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Thu Jul 12, 2012 3:58 amby scyther
Nice. Even Indians are so rare, this must be even rarer. I really would like to know what the chances of finding Indians and large cents are...
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Thu Jul 12, 2012 7:23 amby Saabman
Awesome find!!!! WTG!!!
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Thu Jul 12, 2012 8:20 amby theshoenlebens
Nice !!!
Re: 1857 Flying Eagle Cent
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Sat Jul 21, 2012 2:11 amby Derek.Sheriff
Someday maybe I'll get that lucky!
