Coin: cupronickel cent
- Museum number:
- 2-56576
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020056576
- Accession number:
- Acc.2970
- Description:
- Flying Eagle one cent piece, 1857, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA date - eagle flying left. Reverse: ONE CENT - value in wreath
- Donor:
- Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter
- Collection place:
- Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
- Production place:
- Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County
- Culture or time period:
- United States Historic
- Maker or artist:
- James B. Longacre
- Collector:
- Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.
- Materials:
- Cupro-nickel
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Cents (general, one-cent pieces) and Coins (money)
- Function:
- 7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
- Production date:
- 1857
- Accession date:
- 1973
- Department:
- Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
- Legacy documentation:
-