✅ SOLVED Need help on this please.

[larrymaxie]

Need help on this please. I found this on the beach near Fort Pickens during very heavy winds after a storm. Along the waters edge. I have seen a few on the internet but the ones i have found say copy on it. And this does not say copy.

 

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[DizzyDigger]

Doesn't look like a copy to me either, but then I'm not an expert.

Can you provide the weight and size of the coin?

 

[yelnif]

Very cool coin- the first one I've seen. It will be interesting to see what others have to say. HH yelnif

 

[duggap]

The confederates did have the dies to make coins but the war ended before they got started. Some claim some pennies were minted but I personally doubt it unless they were minted after the war. I have never heard of them having dies for dollars or above. Of course I could be all wet. But if you don't want it I will send you my address.

 

[mical66]

i am no expert , no where near it , but if they could print CSA bills i am sure they could stamp coins.
i will be following this to see how it is IDed.
nice find there.

 

[DoranHashemi]

I think it's a copy. They didn't have to put copy on it cause its basically a fantasy coin. It was never actually minted. They were made for reenactment celebrations during the 1950's and 60's also. That's what I got out of it at least

 

[Bryanhashemi]

just a novalty coin. They only made 1 cent and 50 cent coins (csa) and are very rare. still a nice find

 

[mical66]

after doing some quick research , from what i have found they say no 5$ or 20$ were ever made and any found now are reproductions of the drawing made up for the coins but were never made.

http://www.csacurrency.com/csacoin/index.htm

 

[Bryanhashemi]

I also dont think the confederates (during the war) placed the rebel flag on their uniforms or currency. Just the battle flag for use in battle to solve confusion. you can see a rebel flag on your pic

 

[larrymaxie]

Thanks Mr Bryan

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

A postscript to the info given by Mical66 and Bryanhashemi:
The "fantasy" Confederate coin sets are still being manufactured and sold today, particularly at tourist souvenir shops near civil war battlefield parks. For example, the last time I visited the White House of the Confederacy (actual wartime residence of CSA president Jefferson Davis) at the Museum of the Confederacy (located in Richmond VA), the souvenir gift-shop was selling the Fantasy "Confederate coin sets" (1-cent, 5-cent, 10-cent, 50-cent, $20, etc). As Mical66's link says, none of those coins except about a dozen of the penny and four 50-ceent pieces were actually produced during the 4-year lifetime of the Confederate States of America.

 

[Old Dude]

I am just looking at the 2013 Whitman Official Red Book( A Guide of US Coins) and they say only 1 cent pieces and half dollars were officially struck.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

Old Dude, thank you for the reminder. I forgot about the four 50-cent pieces which were made during the war. I'll correct my prior post. I confess my brain is getting forgetful about details of subjects I haven't studied in several decades. I still own a copy of the 1967 edition of the "Red Book" I bought back then (which also contains the info on the very-very few "Original" specimens of Confederate coins), but I haven't looked at in recent years.

 

[Old Dude]

Sir, I defer to you. You have probably forgotten more than most of us could ever hope to learn.

Old Dude, thank you for the reminder. I forgot about the four 50-cent pieces which were made during the war. I'll correct my prior post. I confess my brain is getting forgetful about details of subjects I haven't studied in several decades. I still own a copy of the 1967 edition of the "Red Book" I bought back then (which also contains the info on the very-very few "Original" specimens of Confederate coins), but I haven't looked at in recent years.