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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4081080, member: 101855&quot;]No, the Confederacy did not have &quot;very capable die makers.&quot; That was the immediate reason why the New Orleans Mint closed. The mint ran out of dies and could not make any more that were any good. All of the regular issue coins that the Confederacy issued from the New Orleans, Dahlonega and probably the Charlotte Mints were struck with Union dies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only die the Confederate government did make was the reverse of the 1861 Confederate half dollars. Only four coins were struck from it. It was not a well execuated die. The Scott Company later made 500 Confederate medals and 500 1861 Confederate restrike dollar from that die. Here are some examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Restrike Half Dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064381[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1064382[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The Scott Confderate Medal in white metal.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1064383[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1064384[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Numismatic researchers still debate the Robert Lovette story concerning the Confederate Cents. At this point it&#039;s impossible to say whether or not Lovette made the dies in 1861 or the mid 1870s.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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