1856 Flying Eagle Cent
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)
- Year
- 1856
- Rank
- 21 of 100
1856 Flying Eagle Cent
1856 Flying Eagle Cent by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia) (1856) is ranked 21 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $312,000 on 21 November 2024. A pattern-turned-rarity that launched small-cent collecting; the most famous of all Flying Eagle cents.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
A pattern-turned-rarity that launched small-cent collecting; the most famous of all Flying Eagle cents.
1c copper-nickel, Flying Eagle, Snow-3, PCGS PR67+ CAC
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $312,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 21 November 2024
Heritage Auctions, US Coins Signature, Nov 20-24 2024. PCGS PR67+ CAC realized $312,000 — record for the issue (prior $240,000, 2020).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08