Flying Eagle Cent Value Guide: 1856–1858 Values, Varieties and Rare Errors

1856 Flying Eagle Cent with 1857 and 1858 Large Letters and Small Letters varieties showing valuable U.S. small cents.

The Flying Eagle Cent is one of the shortest-lived and most historically significant coin series in American numismatics. Produced for only three years from 1856 to 1858, it marked the beginning of the small-cent era in the United States and replaced the large cents that had circulated since the nation’s earliest years. Although the series … Read more