1861 Confederate half dollar coin
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I found this coin while clearing up some property, I realize it's probably not real, but one never knows as they say.
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It looks like a fake - LIBERTY and the date should not be so sharp, when the fields are pitted like that.
The "Confederate" half dollar was mostly created after the Civil War - many were made.
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1861-50c-csa-restrike/340402
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1055284/one-of-the-rarest-and-most-enigmatic-issues-in-the-history-of-american-coinage
The land it was found on is in the Ozarks, thank you.
Did you clean it?
It’s a copy.
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A copy, usually sold in some souvenir shops....Although that one looks like an amateur sand cast. Cheers, RickO
Reverse legend rises too high from the plane of the coin.
Don't feel bad. Even John Ford, Jr. couldn't authenticate an example on sight (article in upcoming Gobrecht Journal on this subject).
Copies of the Confederate Half Dollar were sold at Civil War battle sites. I bought this one in the 1990's at the Kennesaw Mountain Battle site.
Confederate Half Dollar copy
The infamous Johnson Smith Company (mail-order novelties) used to sell replicas.
A Confederate Half Dollar was featured in the 1964 "Perry Mason" television show episode "The Case of the Wooden Nickels".
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I would say a cast fake.
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It's not genuine, but at least it was free.
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Yes, absolutely! I cleaned the dirt off of it, yes. I found it here in the Ozark foothills Southeast Missouri
Thank you all so very much.
I just took a good look at the edge and it almost looks like it was two pieces pressed together, really strange.
That's the mold line where the two halves of the mold came together.
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