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Confederate Soldier's Coin! - HerbS - 01-03-2015 07:48 AM
I have a 1858-Flying Eagle Penney Coin.I want to donate it for a Kiwanis Club [silent auction] fund raising event.This coin fell out of a Confederate Soldier's pocket at Gettysburg!The coin is worn,and a bullet comes with it.Please help me with the aprox.value of these two items.Remember that the proceed goes to charity! Thanks-Herb Swingle
RE: Confederate Soldier's Coin! - BettyO - 01-03-2015 08:49 AM
Herb - is there a provenance to this; that it was in the pocket of a Confederate soldier at Gettysburg?
I find online that these pennies range in price between $16.00 on eBay and about $169-$200.00 on other sites. The provenance would make the price sky-rocket....
Here are some sites regarding value:
http://www.coinstudy.com/flying-eagle-penny-values.html
http://www.pcgs.com/prices/priceguidedetail.aspx?c=664&title=flying+eagle+cent
http://www.collectorscorner.com/Category/Category.aspx?catId=664
Wiki has an interesting piece regarding the "model" for the Flying Eagle coin; "Peter the Eagle!" Had never heard of this before....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Eagle_cent
RE: Confederate Soldier's Coin! - HerbS - 01-03-2015 10:51 AM
Thanks BettyO.The coin is in good shape[provenance],and the bullet and Gettysburg story makes it worth more?
RE: Confederate Soldier's Coin! - HerbS - 02-14-2015 08:54 AM
Success!-The coin[in a frame] sold for 200$ to a local Civil War collector.It was for charity at a Kiwanis Club fund-raiser.