Lot # 1758: 1857-1909 Indian Head/Flying Eagle Cent Partial Set (30/58) with 1908-S & 1909-S

Coin enthusiasts, get off to a nice start on assembling an Indian Head cent collection, with this 1857-1909 Indian Head/Flying Eagle partial set of 30/58. This partial set is housed in a Whitman folder, formatted with three slots for Flying Eagles coins, with two filled, and 55 slots for Indian Head coins, with 28 filled. A good number of these coins are key or semi-key dates, headed by a greatly prized 1909-S coin, with strong support from an 1864 with L on Ribbon coin, and a 1908-S coin.

Featured are:

Key date Indian Heads: 1864 L on Ribbon (FN), 1908-S (FN), 1909-S (VG+);

Semi-key date Indian Heads: 1859 (VF), 1860 (VG details, porous), 1862 (AU), 1863 (XF+), 1864 Copper-Nickel (XF details, cleaned), 1865 Plain 5 (GD), 1870 (GD+), 1879 (GD+ details, moderately porous);

Batter grade Indian Heads: 1898 (XF+), 1909 (AU) with deference to a spot of corrosion on the feathers, and a trio of small nicks on the cheek;

Two Flying Eagle coins: 1858 Large Letters (VG), 1858 Small Letters (GD);

Common date Indian Heads range GD to FN: 1890, 1891, 1893, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908.