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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;zaneman, post: 256458, member: 3970&quot;]it&#039;s definitely counterfeit. It&#039;s a copy of a confederate half dollar. Restrikes of these were made and these were referred to as scott restrikes. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can read a little more about them here:</p><p><a href="http://www.coinfacts.com/confederate_coins/1861_scott_restrike.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinfacts.com/confederate_coins/1861_scott_restrike.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinfacts.com/confederate_coins/1861_scott_restrike.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I believe yours is counterfeit is the details are not nearly as sharp as a struck coins would be, and some of the details are wrong. I can say with 99.99% certainty that your coin is neither a genuine or a restrike example <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nonetheless it is a very neat find, many find counterfeits more interesting than their original counterparts.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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