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QUERY: 1856 FLYING EAGLE PATTERN INFORMATION SOUGHT
We've had discussions about 1856 Flying Eagle cents in the past. Here is a new question from Bruce Reager of Idaho.
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Bruce writes: I just got in a trade, an 1856 Flying Eagle One Cent piece. It's in at least MS63 (in my opinion) in a round plastic holder. The unusual thing about it is that it is in Brass and not the Cupro-Nickel of the normal coins. I'm having trouble deciding if it could be a pattern coin, but usually the pattern has a obverse or reverse design not used in the regular issues struck. I'm wondering if anyone knows if this could be a "trial strike" to see what metal combinations worked well with the trial dies. Anyone have any ideas?
Above is the best image Bruce could supply me with - it's a scan of a photocopy.
The best online source for information on U.S. patterns is (naturally) uspatterns.com. Here is a link to the 1856 page:
uspatterns.stores.yahoo.net/1856.html
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I didn't find an entry there for a brass/bronze/copper piece, but I pulled off the shelf my copy of the United States Pattern Coins book by Judd. I have the 10th edition, published by Whitman and edited by Dave Bowers with Saul Teichman's research assistance (Saul updates uspatterns.com). The book has an entry for J-182 which is an 1856 Flying Eagle cent pattern in Bronze. An example was sold by Heritage in 2008. -Editor Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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