1857 Flying Eagle Cent. Type of 1857. MS-66 (PCGS).

Here is a premium Gem that offers exceptional quality and eye appeal for this popular type issue in the brief Flying Eagle cent series of 1856 to 1858. Lustrous and frosty, both sides are enhanced by tan-apricot patina, with the reverse also displaying plenty of intermingled rose and lilac iridescence. Sharply to fully struck and sure to please even the most discerning collector. The first examples of this issue were released to the public on May 25, 1857, amid much excitement. At the Philadelphia Mint two facilities were set up in the yard to distribute them, and long lines formed as citizens sought the new pieces. More than 17.4 million examples were eventually struck, and the current piece ranks among the finest survivors from that mintage.

PCGS# 2016. NGC ID: 2276.

PCGS Population: 27; with a single MS-66+ finer.