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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;desertgem, post: 641940, member: 15199&quot;]Well, no, there are not 1000 more REAL confederate coins. There are 4 Real confederate halves that were struck front ( 1861 Seated half obv.) and back ( original confederate half die) as a die pair at New Orleans, and by the Confederate government. Then later, not in new orleans, and not by the confederates, Scott bought the confederate reverse die and made the 500 restrikes using just half of a real coin ( 1861 N.O. halves obverse part, reverse shaved off) and striking it with the confederate half reverse. The result would be of coin silver, but reduced weight due to the planing of the original reverse, the obverse would be lower profile because it was already there when the restrike occurred. Since it was struck outside of the mint, it is not a proper U.S. Coin. The striking with his own obverse and the confederate reverse, neither one recognized as even part of a regular US coin is a token.</p><p><br /></p><p>Semantics seem to have been the difficulty.</p><p><br /></p><p>Scott also did similar with the confederate cent. There are several threads on the site you can search for that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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