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1858 Flying Eagle Cent
$22.50 USD
Struck in the final year of its brief flight, this copper-nickel relic bears the soaring eagle—wings outstretched, talons poised, a symbol of the Republic’s restless ascent. Minted in 1858, it marked the twilight of the Flying Eagle series, a bold experiment in coinage reform and metallurgy.
The eagle’s form, encircled by the nation’s name, speaks of unity and motion—of a country expanding westward, industrializing, and preparing for trials yet to come. Its pale alloy and compact size were a departure from the heavy coppers of old, a whisper of modernity in a pre-war age.
Weight of Fate: 4.67 grams of copper-nickel alloy Minted: Philadelphia, 1858 Condition: Circulated, with eagle’s form softened by passage