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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 451173, member: 15199"]Do they look like any of these?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/predcarn/confedcent4.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/predcarn/confedcentrev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Read the story here</p><p><a href="http://www.confederatequarter.com/cent.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.confederatequarter.com/cent.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.confederatequarter.com/cent.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>In the Photo, the 3 on the right are are Bashlow strikes </p><p>The one on the left is mentioned on the above url as:</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><span style="color: Black">"</span></font><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><span style="color: Black">Another group of fantasies has the value stated as 1/100 instead of 1 Cent. These were made around 1955 for the upcoming 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. They come in 2 varieties, 1/10 which represents a dime or 1/10 of $1 and 1/100 which represents a penny or 1/100 of $1. The obverse of the coin is similar as the real CSA penny. All is not bad though, if you have one of the German silver dimes (1/10) or copper (1/100), they sell for around $100 in VF and $150 in Unc. All others are copies and sell for around $15 - $30 each."</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><span style="color: Black"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><span style="color: Black">1862 Dated coins"</span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="5"><span style="color: Black">"</span></font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"><font size="5"><span style="color: Black">The 1862 Confederate cents, and all other Confederate coins with that date, are modern souvenirs made by the privately owned Georgia Mint for sale to tourist stops. The Georgia Mint made these with the wrong date on purpose to avoid being accused of counterfeiting."</span></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"><font size="5"><span style="color: Black"><br /></span></font></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"><font size="5"><span style="color: Black">Jim</span></font> </span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"></span></font></font><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"><br /></span></font></font></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="7"><span style="color: #000080"></span></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 451173, member: 15199"]Do they look like any of these? [IMG]http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/predcarn/confedcent4.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r78/predcarn/confedcentrev.jpg[/IMG] Read the story here [URL]http://www.confederatequarter.com/cent.html[/URL] In the Photo, the 3 on the right are are Bashlow strikes The one on the left is mentioned on the above url as: [SIZE=5][COLOR=Black]"[/COLOR][/SIZE][FONT=Arial][SIZE=5][COLOR=Black]Another group of fantasies has the value stated as 1/100 instead of 1 Cent. These were made around 1955 for the upcoming 100th anniversary of the American Civil War. They come in 2 varieties, 1/10 which represents a dime or 1/10 of $1 and 1/100 which represents a penny or 1/100 of $1. The obverse of the coin is similar as the real CSA penny. All is not bad though, if you have one of the German silver dimes (1/10) or copper (1/100), they sell for around $100 in VF and $150 in Unc. All others are copies and sell for around $15 - $30 each." 1862 Dated coins" "[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=14][COLOR=#000080][SIZE=5][COLOR=Black]The 1862 Confederate cents, and all other Confederate coins with that date, are modern souvenirs made by the privately owned Georgia Mint for sale to tourist stops. The Georgia Mint made these with the wrong date on purpose to avoid being accused of counterfeiting." Jim[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Arial][SIZE=14][COLOR=#000080] [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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