1857 1C Obverse of 1856, FS-401b MS(PCGS#410434)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4024

Grade

MS65

Price

3,360

Lot Description

A popular and eagerly sought hub variety of the 1857 Flying Eagle cent, the FS-401b features the same style of lettering on the obverse as the key date 1856. The most readily identifiable diagnostic of this attribution is the square-sharped center to the letter O in OF. The offered coin is of further significance as one of the 10 or so finest certified. Handsome rose-orange and gray-brown patina yields to underlying golden-apricot and powder blue as the coin dips into a light, at which angles the viewer is also treated to full, billowy mint luster. Devices are sharp and frosty, the overall appearance original and attractive.