Flying eagle cents were only issued for 3 years and remain popular in most any grade. This variety features larger lettering type than the small letters variety of the same year. On the large letters variety the A in AMERICA touches the eagle's tail.
| coinage-type | Flying Eagle |
| desg | MS |
| designer | James B. Longacre |
| diameter | 19 |
| edge | Plain |
| material | 0.880 Copper; 0.120 Nickel |
| mintage | 24,600,000 |
| ngc-id | 2277 |
| obverse-description | An eagle with wings extended in full flight fills the central obverse design with the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA around the top periphery. The date is centered at the bottom. |
| pcgs-link | 2019 |
| pcgs-number | 2019 |
| reverse-description | The reverse bears the denomination of ONE CENT in the center surrounded by a wreath bearing a ribbon tied in at the bottom center. |
| variety | Flying Eagle |
| variety-2 | Large Letters |
| weight-grams | 4.67 |
| year-display | 1856-1858 |