1857 1C DDO, FS-101, S-4 MS(PCGS#37378)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4027

Grade

MS64

Price

1,920

Lot Description

This is a handsome near-Gem with softly frosted surfaces and blended tan-gray and pinkish-rose patina. Strike detail is razor sharp in virtual all areas, and the surfaces are pleasingly smooth for the assigned grade. Snow-4 is among the more prominent of several Doubled Die Obverse varieties known for this issue. Doubling is most pronounced on the eagle's eye, tail, the letters UNITE in UNITED, STA in STATES, and ERICA in AMERICA. Additionally, this variety is from the Missing Wing Tip Hub of the 1857 Flying Eagle cent, the absence of the eagle's wing tip discovered by Mint employees and corrected by adding it directly into the die. A significant attribution that adds considerable appeal for the Flying Eagle cent variety collector.