Post Your Favorite Civil War Date Coin
AuroraBorealis
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I`ll start things with mine and my description of it from my registry set... 
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An amazing coin with a fantastic cameo and obvious original skin. Lying flat the heavy frosted devices on both sides just jump out and with a touch of olive green in the fields it`s just gorgeous. Tipped into the light the fields on both sides explode with watery mirrors, crimson, gold, orange-apricot and green colors. A great strike and a civil war date it is one of my favorites in this collection. "the scratches in the obverse image are on the case"
AB
Owner Comments
An amazing coin with a fantastic cameo and obvious original skin. Lying flat the heavy frosted devices on both sides just jump out and with a touch of olive green in the fields it`s just gorgeous. Tipped into the light the fields on both sides explode with watery mirrors, crimson, gold, orange-apricot and green colors. A great strike and a civil war date it is one of my favorites in this collection. "the scratches in the obverse image are on the case"
AB
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Proud recipient of Y.S. Award on 07/26/08.
I really like that coin.
When the southern states seceded from the Union first the state of Louisiana and then the Confederacy took over the New Orleans mint. In the early days the problem for the Confederacy was not a lack of precious metal, but a lack of coin dies. There were very competent die sinkers in the South.
In 1861 the Confederate Government commissioned the preparation of a half dollar reverse die. Only four half dollars were struck with that die, and the coins were retained by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, Prof. J.L. Riddell, University of Louisiana, E. Ames, a New Orleans resident, and B.F. Taylor who was the chief coiner at the New Orleans mint.
In 1879 B.F. Taylor’s coin along with the Confederate die came into the possession of J.W. Scott and Company of New York, New York. Fearing that the die would break while it was used, Scott struck 500 tokens with it with a reverse that read, “4 originals stuck by order of CSA In New Orleans 1861 / ******* Reverse same as U.S. From original die Scott.” Then Scott bought 500 1861-O half dollars, planed off the reverses, and used the Confederate die to restrike them. The result was a coin with a flattened Liberty Seated side, and an image of the Confederate half dollar reverse. Here is one of those coins:
Just realized I don't have a single Civil War date.
Here are a few leading up to the event .....
Gary
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
Lance.
<< <i>It's not exactly a coin, but it's the closest most of us will ever get to a real Confederate States of America coin. This is an example of the Scott restrike of the Confederate half dollar.
When the southern states seceded from the Union first the state of Louisiana and then the Confederacy took over the New Orleans mint. In the early days the problem for the Confederacy was not a lack of precious metal, but a lack of coin dies. There were very competent die sinkers in the South.
In 1861 the Confederate Government commissioned the preparation of a half dollar reverse die. Only four half dollars were struck with that die, and the coins were retained by Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy, Prof. J.L. Riddell, University of Louisiana, E. Ames, a New Orleans resident, and B.F. Taylor who was the chief coiner at the New Orleans mint.
In 1879 B.F. Taylor’s coin along with the Confederate die came into the possession of J.W. Scott and Company of New York, New York. Fearing that the die would break while it was used, Scott struck 500 tokens with it with a reverse that read, “4 originals stuck by order of CSA In New Orleans 1861 / ******* Reverse same as U.S. From original die Scott.” Then Scott bought 500 1861-O half dollars, planed off the reverses, and used the Confederate die to restrike them. The result was a coin with a flattened Liberty Seated side, and an image of the Confederate half dollar reverse. Here is one of those coins:
Great example and really informative post as well.
BTW, that is a dynamite 1863 penny AuroraBorealis!
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Empty Nest Collection
https://www.pcgs.com/setregistry/gold/liberty-head-2-1-gold-major-sets/liberty-head-2-1-gold-basic-set-circulation-strikes-1840-1907-cac/alltimeset/268163
"Broadstruck" love that half
"BillJones" that Confed re-strike is extreme coolness
"FilamCoins" a little bit earlier dates but very nice coins!
"OchoReales" cool re-strike as well
"mrearlygold" nice O mint gold
"lkeigwin" exceptional IHC
"mgoodm"3 pretty gold dollar
Nice stuff everyone thanks for posting...
AB
"Reno"that Injun is a screamer CAM and nice 62 "OGIM"
AB
<< <i>Bidask—Great eye appeal on that 1861 twenty. It looks like a 62 with just the slightest bit of wear. >>
The less baggy for the same grade and I think they are worth substantially more....this 1861 really caught my eye for its lack of marks.....
I give away money. I collect money.
I don’t love money . I do love the Lord God.
Those half eagles are to die for, the double eagles are basically a wet dream, never to become reality.
Here's from my collection
The final year for Silver Dollars struck without the Motto “In God We Trust,” and struck in the final year of the Civil War. This date is rare, like other Silver Dollars struck during the Civil War years, because the value of the silver was greater than $1.00, and it is likely that most of them were exported. If they were sent to China, they would have been promptly melted down, because they were lightweight in comparison to Mexican 8 Reales coins. However, some believe that they were shipped South America, instead, as suggested by Walter Breen in 1988. Even those might have been melted, because of the competing Mexican 8 Reales coins circulating there. A few escaped the melting pot, because they were stored by the Mint until the late 1870s, when silver prices fell, and they were placed into circulation.
my early American coins & currency: -- http://yankeedoodlecoins.com/
This is a scarce date in any grade
PCGS AU-58
'dude
Coin's for sale/trade.
Tom Pilitowski
US Rare Coin Investments
800-624-1870
Thomas C. Hall served in the 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment as a Private and the 9th Illinois Calvary as a Corporal and Sergeant according to the civil war soldiers and sailors website.
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1862-S VF35
1863 EF40
1864 PCGS MS66
1865 PCGS PR64 DCAM
and a tilted shot:
AB
This coin was certified prior to the USS Republic discovery. In 2005, before the release of coins from that shipwreck, there were only 12 coins graded finer by NGC, mostly in the low MS grades. Today, there are approximately 300 coins graded in mint state.
<< <i>Well, it IS Civil War (Robert Bashlow restrike)!
I got one of these on the cheap. gotta send it in one of these years