1858 Large Motto Flying Eagle Cent ☆☆ Historic Copper-Nickel U.S. Small Cent 288

Denomination: Small Cent

Coin: Flying Eagle

Composition: Copper

Year: 1858

Color: BN

Fineness: 0.95

Strike Type: Business

Mint Location: Philadelphia

KM Number: 483

Variety: Large Letters

Country of Origin: United States

Up for auction/sale is a wonderful vintage 19th-century copper-nickel classic from the United States Mint—a 1858 Flying Eagle Cent (Large Motto variety) (Philadelphia Mint issue with no mint mark), graded in Fine condition with notable surface porosity.

Struck in Philadelphia during the final year of the brief two-year Flying Eagle series, this historic small cent features James B. Longacre's adaptation of Christian Gobrecht's majestic soaring eagle on the obverse and a wreath enclosing the denomination on the reverse. This particular specimen is the desirable Large Motto variety, featuring the broader lettering style in the legend. While it retains surprisingly strong structural details consistent with a Fine grade, the surfaces exhibit distinct, overall porosity from long-term environmental exposure.