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Flying Eagle type
Designed and engraved by: James Barton Longacre (American, 1794–1869)
After: Christian Gobrecht (American, about 1785–1844)
and: Titian Ramsay Peale (American, 1799–1885)
After: Christian Gobrecht (American, about 1785–1844)
and: Titian Ramsay Peale (American, 1799–1885)
U.S. Federal Issue
1857
Mint: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Medium/Technique
Copper-Nickel
Credit Line
The Sidney A. and Ellen M. Wien Collection—Given in their memory by Claire W. and Richard P. Morse
Accession Number2004.746
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
ProvenanceCollected by Sidney A. Wien (1902-1962), Atlanta, Georgia, between the mid-1940's and 1962; by descent to his daughter, Claire W. Morse, in 1962; to the MFA in November 2004, gift of Claire W. and Richard P. Morse.