Thread: 1861 Seated Half Dollar

I have had quite a stash of old coins for at least a decade. Decided it was time to pull them out and see what they were worth.....
I have researched some on the internet and found some somewhat valuable site. This coin seems to be of some value according to several sites I visited. Any ideas or help would be appreciated. BTW....the coin is in excellent shape!

thanks for your help in advance
pjd

oh .... I forgot....it has Confederate States of America on the back side. I checked all the wear points....and there is no wear. I read about it being a part of a restrike???? Any help?
pjd

Originally Posted by pjd

oh .... I forgot....it has Confederate States of America on the back side. I checked all the wear points....and there is no wear. I read about it being a part of a restrike???? Any help?
pjd

If it's the real deal, it's worth a lot of money. If it's not the real deal, which I can pretty much guarantee it isn't, it's worth whatever you can get for it.

Sniff, sniff.

Working in pics.....hold tight.

pjd

this is a test..

Test 2 .............

is it a 1861 seated 1/2 with the CSA reverse (has a shield) or does it say C.S.A. without a shield (Scott reverse)?

and yes the 1861 with the confederate or scott reverse are restrikes unless you have one of 4 origional coins that were hand pressed.

the other coins with the confederate reverse were the 1861-O coins that had the reverse smoothed off then restruck with the confederate reverse.

the 2004 red book gives a population of 500 minted of each of the confederate and the scoot reverse.

I couldn't get a good pic of the front side with the date. (using digital...) It seems to be in really good shape for such an old coin.....

Is it real??

The odds of it even being one of the restrikes are about a zillion to one. The pic is too blury to be able to tell.

Originally Posted by pjd

I couldn't get a good pic of the front side with the date. (using digital...) It seems to be in really good shape for such an old coin.....

Is it real??

Just a suggestion: You can greatly improve the visibility of the coin in your picture if you crop all the unnecessary background out before uploading.

Well I can tell you that your coin is a copy. It has copy written above the top cotten stalk on the left of the reverse. Value for the copy is $1.25

The original Confederate half dollars featured the reverse with the Confederate shield. The obverse was the standard seated liberty. The Scott restrikes used the same reverse but the obverse was a written statement by Scott.

I will attach a photo of the copy.

ND, how about the one you recently had for your avatar? Was that a genuine one, and do you own it?

in the pic you posted ND i can clearly read the word copy but in the origional pic i could not see that i thought something was different becuase from the origional pic the leaves on the stalk on the right were different they did not have the came angles as other pics i have of teh reverse.

If you look at the person's pic above the cotton stalk on the left you can see a faint light mark. That is exactly where the word copy is placed.

rbm86,

The avatar I used is a copy.

Boy you sure got better eyes than me Nd if you could make that out ! I better get some new glasses