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Longacre’s Flying Eagle Designed by Gobrecht

ames Longacre is credited as the designer of the Flying Eagle cent, but his eagle looks identical to the eagle on the reverse of Christian Gobrecht’s dollar. Shouldn’t the designer credit of the Flying Eagle cent be rightfully shared by both men?

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