Does anyone collect confederate coins?

dan1ecu

What are your favorites?

Are they pretty expensive?

NumisEd

Could you please be more specific? Coins struck by the confederacy?

dan1ecu

Yes - during the 1860's

Woodwind

At the next Long Beach show I'm looking to obtain a Civil War token or two, particularly ones which imitate the Indian Head Cent. The tokens are affordable, but the ones struck by the Confederacy are very rare and very expensive. The Redbook has some very good basic information on them.

dan1ecu

That’s true - the tokens are reasonable.

shirohniichan

A Confederate Coin Collection would be awfully small if you didn't include patterns.

MrEureka

The Confederate coins struck by the confederacy are extremely rare and essentially non-collectible. Restrikes and concoctions from the original dies are available, although far less desirable.

On the other hand, you can get US coins struck by the Confederacy. 1861-O and 1861-D coinage was struck by both governments. If you stick with later die states, you can be pretty sure that you have a true Confederate-struck US coin. In the case of 1861-O halves, you can be certain if you buy one with the obverse die crack noted by Breen and others.

NumisEd

I think that what dan1ecu is saying is "does anyone collect civil war era coins?"

DoubleDime

The closest I come is the 1861-O Half.

mrfred

I too have a few of the civil war tokens, plus a FE cent, I think.

tjkillian

When someone says Confederate coins, I think of coins not made under the authority of the Federal government. I know of three such coins: 1861-O half dollar, a 1861-D Gold Dollar, and a 1861-O Double Eagle. The 1861-O half dollar is by far the easiest to aquire, often less then $20. Louisiana seceeded from the union on January 27, 1861 and joined the Confederacy in May, 1861. For the first five months of the year, they were minting coins. One cannot tell under whose authority a coin was made, but the true "Confederate" half dollars have a die break between Miss Liberty's nose and the rim, so many folks say that any 1861-O half dollar with the die crack has to have been made by the Confederacy. I"m looking for one myself. I currently own a PCGS MS-62 1861-O half dollar.

Tom

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