Whitman Expo
Results Set Record for the Firm's Highest Grossing Auction Sale in its 90+ Year History.
Thank you to our sponsors!
Go check them out!
1856 Cent. J-180 is the famous and popular “1856 Flying Eagle cent” widely collected transitional pattern, listed in A Guide Book of United States Coins, and of commanding importance to generations of numismatists. Examples exist in all grades. Die varieties exist and have been described by Richard Snow in his text on Flying Eagle cents.
Obverse Description
Eagle flying left, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA above, 1856 below.
Reverse Description
“Agricultural wreath” enclosing ONE CENT, the design used for regular-issue Flying Eagle cents in 1857 and 1858.
Catalog Information
GSID:
12243
Strike Type:
Business
Coin Shape:
Round
Edge:
Plain
Variety:
Flying Eagle, Copper
Variety 2:
J-181
Coin Date:
1856
Denomination:
P1c
Designation:
MS
Mint Location:
Philadelphia
Coinage Type:
Pattern
Coinage Years:
1856
Composition:
Copper
Rarity:
H6
PCGS #:
11789
Send Catalog Feedback
Subject: I would like to contribute catalog info to CDN for 1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Copper, J-181 MS RB
Body: Referring page: http://www.greysheet.com/prices/item/1856-pattern-cent-red-brown-judd-181/gsid/12243 GSID: 12243 Title: 1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Copper, J-181 MS RB
Subscribe to View
Log In
View more data, info, and visualizations. Get access to retail and wholesale pricing as well as auction data.
Coin Value History
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Copper, J-181 MS RB
Currency
Grade Range
Grading Authority
Sort by
Pricing
Values
Greysheet & CPG® Values
1856 P1/2c Copper-Nickel, J-177 PR
Worth: $1,150 – $5,520
(1856) P1c Flying Eagle, Copper-Nickel, J-178 PR
(1856) P1c Flying Eagle, Copper, J-179 PR BN
Worth: $16,500 – $33,000
(1856) P1c Flying Eagle, Nickel or German silver, J-179a PR
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Copper-Nickel, J-180 MS
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Copper, J-181 MS BN
Worth: $28,000 – $33,600
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Copper, J-181 PR BN
Worth: $18,000 – $36,000
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Repunched 5, Tilted ONE CENT, J-181a PR BN
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Pointed U, High Leaves, J-181b PR BN
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Repunched 5, High Leaves, J-181c PR BN
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Pointed U, Low Leaves, J-181d PR BN
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Pointed U, Center Dot, J-181e PR BN
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Die line at I, Center dot, J-181f PR BN
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Bronze, J-182 MS BN
1856 P1c Flying Eagle, Bronze, J-182 PR BN
Worth: $24,000 – $43,200
Greysheet News
Stack's Bowers Galleries' Summer 2026 Global Showcase Auction Realizes Over $70 Million
10/7/2026
The Business of Numismatics: October 2026 Greysheet Editor's Letter
While reviewing the initial results in various categories of recent auctions, my initial take is that the sales were moderate to strong.
10/6/2026
Mack C. Chase Collection of Walking Liberty Half Dollars to Anchor Stack's Bowers Galleries' November 2026 Showcase Auction
More than 300 lots, consisting of high quality Walking Liberty half dollars from the Mack C. Chase Collection are set to cross the auction block as part of Stack's Bowers Galleries' November Showcase Auction, the official auction of the Whitman Expo.
10/6/2026
Events
Knoxville Coin and Currency Show - TN
Location: Rothchild Catering & Conference Center
Saturday, August 1, 2026
