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The Collectors' Auction - 2014
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1856 NGC PF-53. 1856 NGC PF-53.
Lot Title: 1856 NGC PF-53.
Description: The superior, vintage eye-appeal could scarcely be better for an 1856 flying-eagle cent that has witnessed scant wear, as both sides exhibit immensely appealing, perfect olive-bronze color. Minor wear affects the eagle's breast feathers, but the delineation of the feather veining everywhere else looks as nice as can be given seven points of circulation. Rugged field texture shows no particular distraction anywhere save a small patch of pinkish residue just to the right of CENT on the reverse. As with the 1909-S VDB, which appears in a set extremely popular with album collectors, the 1856 forms the crowning acquisition for a true album collection in "the right grade", and one can only imagine the thrill of displacing this marvelous coin from its slab and placing it into an old, vintage album, filling what is very easily the toughest small-cent hole for any set. From that standpoint, the Scotsman Cataloger's Choice Award seems appropriate, recognizing the value and allure available right here. (PCGS# 002037)
Low Estimate: $8,000.00
High Estimate: $9,000.00
Lot Status: Bidding has been closed for this lot.
Hammered Price: $8,500.00
Price Realized: $9,775.00
1856 NGC PF-53.
1856 NGC PF-53.

Price history for items of the same classification:
Lot #AuctionCurrent Bid or Hammer PriceDescription
170The Collectors' Auction - 2014 on 10/17/2014$600.00
1856 Poor.
REMOVED FROM SALE.
172The Collectors' Auction - 2014 on 10/17/2014$12,250.00
1856 (Snow-9) PCGS PF-61 (green label).
Mintage: 2000 to 3000. The consignor's notes indicate that he purchased the coin a number of years ago, making it relatively "fresh" to the market. Snow-9 appears to be the most common die-marriage...
320The Collectors' Auction 2013 on 10/18/2013$6,900.00
1856 (Snow-9) PCGS PR Genuine/UNC details/tooled.
Roman Powers Collection. Judd-180, Snow-9, R.2. The 1856 Flying Eagle cent has long been hands-down the most widely collected pattern of any series, and most collectors would consider it the first...
225The Midwest Summer Sale 2012 on 07/27/2012$19,000.00
1856 PCGS PF-64.
Snow-9 is the most common die-marriage for 1856 per Richard Snow, characterized by a fine die line above "I" in UNITED, and a nice center dot on the reverse. Snow goes on to state that it is a proof...
218The Collectors' Auction 2011 on 10/21/2011$6,250.00
1856 PCGS VG-8 CAC.
A pattern coin circulated to the point of VG details couldn't look this nice, could it? The chocolate-bronze surfaces are smooth as can be from long circulation, with but a single small mark above...
359The Midwest Summer Sale 2011 on 07/29/2011$6,000.00
1856 NGC Proof Fine details/improperly cleaned.
Improperly cleaned, but really only lightly so, as the olive-gold surfaces are not hairlined and scarcely appear any different from an example with vintage surfaces. Although obviously well worn, the...
514The Midwest Winter Sale 2009 on 02/13/2009$14,750.00
1856 "Snow-9" PCGS PF-64.
Snow-9 is a proof only issue, yet many examples such as the one offered here provide very much a business-strike appearance due to extended use of the dies, and therefore the application of satiny...
205The Collectors' Auction 2008 on 10/17/2008$9,750.00
1856 "Snow-3" Flying Eagle cent, PCGS PF-55.
Diagnostics used to ascertain "Snow-3" include a recut "5" in the date, and a short die scratch extending from the right ribbon end to the rim on the reverse, and both of these characteristics are...
438The Midwest Winter Sale 2008 on 02/08/2008$9,500.00
Rare and fantastic 1856 "Snow-3" Flying Eagle cent, AU-55
Although proof examples of Snow-3 exist (they are very rare), prooflike examples struck later are far more common in the relative sense, and the present example very nearly qualifies as such. Indeed,...
298The Midwest Summer Sale 2007 on 07/27/2007$7,250.00
1856 PF-35, Snow-9.
The most readily available diagnostic for affirming this specimen's Proof attribution as Snow-9 is the die lump beneath the top left serif of "N" in "CENTS." The coin implies a pewter-brown,...
279The Midwest Winter Sale 2007 on 02/09/2007$9,500.00
1856 Snow-9. PF-63.
Although this variety of the most celebrated date of all Small Cents is the most readily obtainable, it is still rare! The presumed number struck of this second restrike variety is between 1,500 to...
1019The Midwest Summer Sale 2006 on 07/21/2006$12,750.00
1856 PCGS PF-62.
Attributed as Snow-9 by the diagnostic die lines on the obverse and reverse, plus the lump below the top left serif of "N" in CENTS . This supporting evidence ensures its declaration as being a Proof...

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