Confederate coin, silver, indian coin

[bblaha]

Went detecting down by the Ohio river today In Cincinnati Ohio. Found a few silver coins from the 40's and 60's. A mercury dime. Two wheaties. An idian half dollar and a confederate half dollar

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[happycamper08]

That confederate coin is amazing!

[Henry2]

Wow the soil there is forgiving, where I live those wheaties would be green, the nickels black, and the silver a tarnished grey, nice finds

[gordonquixote]

Wow...great condition.....those look like they have been sitting in a drawer.

[Gunrunner61]

All are cool finds for sure,But! I do not believe that your Confederate Half Dollar is Real. There were only 4(according to official records) Confederate .50 cent pieces struck. And these used the United States 1861 Seated Liberty obverse. The reverse looks nothing at all like the one you have.
Of the four struck one was given to Secretary of the Confederacy Memminger, who passed it on to President Jefferson Davis for his approval.
Another was given to Professor J.L.Riddell of the university of Louisanna. E.Ames of New Orleans received a third specimen. The fourth was kept by chief coiner
B.F. Taylor. Lack of Bullion kept the Confederacy from coining more pieces.

[Mackaydon]

That 50 cent piece looked way off. Another onliner write:

1862 Dated coins"
"The 1862 Confederate cents, and all other Confederate coins with that date, are modern souvenirs made by the privately owned Georgia Mint for sale to tourist stops. The Georgia Mint made these with the wrong date on purpose to avoid being accused of counterfeiting."

Confederate coinage (one cent and 50 cent pieces) was minted with only one year: 1961.

Don....

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Ya I just looked it up it's not a real. That's really disappointing but I still think its cool that someone would make a fake because it sure fooled me

[sagittarius98]

You should post this in "Today's Finds".

[BaronH]

It's still a good haul

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[sagittarius98]

Unfortunately, you have a diamond under the date of the 50 paisa. It is worth about $0.75 numismatically. Without the diamond it would be $15.

[sagittarius98]

Confederate coinage (one cent and 50 cent pieces) was minted with only one year: 1961.

Don....

1861, not 1961.

[Mackaydon]

typo; sorry

[bblaha]

Thanks guys, who wouldve made that fake though and when?

[Jeffro]

Look above at Mackay dons post. I think he also posted the same info on one or even two of your other posts about this same coin...

[Mackaydon]

The Georgia Mint, Inc. was started in 1986 to celebrate our country's history, specifically the Civil War by the development of reproduction coins and booklets of that era.
Source: Confederate Coin Reproductions by The Georgia Mint, Inc - About Us
Don....

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Thanks guys

[bblaha]

Wasn't sure what section to post about it so I put it in all that applied lol

[ECS]

In 1959,a schoolmate of mine found in a deserted ODD FELLOWS HALL in Ocala,Fl,two CSA artillery short swords,a bundle of CSA and Florida CSA notes,and three CSA copper pennys.His family moved the next year,and I do not no what happened to his find.
It did create an interest in Ocala's part in the WAR of NORTHERN AGRESSION,and I have discovered that part of the CSA TREASURY did pass through Ocala by way of the Oklawaha River,on a HARTLINE RIVERBOAT that carried CSA Sec of Treasury Benjamin and CSA Sec of War Breckinridge.

[bblaha]

Wow that's really cool, civil war history is very interesting to me but there's really no where around me to look for civil war artifacts. Living in Cincinnati Ohio.

[albert]

Sucks that the confederate coin was fake..