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Message:: [QUOTE="ambro, post: 323920, member: 11143"]The easiest way to tell for certain, without relying on opinions, would be to take it to a jeweler and have it weighed in grams.  A genuine CSA restrike will weigh close to 12.44 grams.   If yours comes close to that weight, have it inspected by a reputable Coin Dealer.   While rare, over 500 were coined and it is true...sometimes these just "pop up" through old collections of whatnot and estate sales. Copies, done in lighter metal, will be under 8 grams. During the Civil War Centennial in the early sixties, many copies were made of the Half, this was prior to the "COPY" law which mandated the stamping of this word somewhere obvious on the design of the coin. Genuine or Copy, enjoy the coin for its place in the history of our country. CSA coins are exceedingly rare. most exist only as restrikes, which have came to be recognized as Confederate Coins. The ONLY true CSA coins are those 1861 O halves coined under CSA authority in New Orleans (and undetectable from those coined under Federal rule), and Four genuine CSA half dollars.[/QUOTE]