Excavated coin has dark brown patina. Dated 1858. Recovered by author/publisher Dean Thomas along Mineral Springs Road at Chancellorsville. Mineral Springs Road was General Hooker’s last line of defense in the woods northeast of the Chancellor House prior to the total withdrawal of the Federal Army.

The Flying Eagle cent is a one-cent piece struck by the Mint of the United States for circulation in 1857 and 1858. The coin was designed by Mint Chief Engraver James B. Longacre, with the eagle in flight based on the work of Longacre's predecessor, Christian Gobrecht.

The older large cent (about the size of a half dollar) was becoming both unpopular in commerce and expensive to mint, so the Mint decided on this new, smaller cent. As it turns out, the eagle design did not strike well, and was replaced in 1859 by Longacre's Indian Head cent.  [jet] [PH:L]

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