PCGS CoinFacts 1858/7 Flying Eagle Cent (Regular Strike)

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Ron Guth: The 1858/7 Flying Eagle Cent is a very scarce and popular variety. The underlying 7 was punched first too high and to the right, then overpunched. On low-grade examples, the 7 can be somewhat weak and indistinct, but there are two other markers to help identify this variety. One is a small, raised die chip in the field over the 85 of the date and midway between the date and the eagle. The other is a broken wing tip just below the F of OF. Obviously, the most valuable examples of this variety are those with a visible overdate.

As of June 2011, PCGS had certified less than two hundred examples of this date (less, in fact, than business strike examples of the 1856)! Mint State examples are usually found in MS63 and MS64, but become very rare in Gem condition, where PCGS has certified only five MS65 examples, and none higher.

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