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    Question 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
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    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?
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    Click here to enlarge 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.

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    Working in pics.....hold tight.

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    this is a test..

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

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    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??

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    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.
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    Click here to enlarge 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.

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

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    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.

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    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.

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