1809
French Coin
(value = 3 cents)
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foreign coins in this exhibit demonstrate how other countries influenced the commerce and culture of our new
nation. Not surprisingly, Louisiana
with it's strong French influence, would probably have used French hard
currency. The location of this French coin on the Ox Hill battlefield, strongly suggests that it belonged to a soldier from the 8th Louisiana regiment. It was found with other coins in the remnants of a coin purse and other artifacts, exactly where the 8th Louisiana joined elements of Early's Brigade in a second battleline. Notice the iron oxidation around the hole from where the coin was strung on a wire. It was originally found fused together by the oxidized iron wire to a 1858 silver U.S. 3 cent coin. |
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