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Message:: [QUOTE="ambro, post: 336876, member: 11143"]Yes Condor you are 110% correct. The only difficulty is that you need to fully explain those little diagnostics to both the curious and yourself. Now if the CSA had just done *something* to that 61 0 half to set it apart, maybe counterstamping the coin.....the value would be many times what it is today. Personally, they dont thrill me. The Scott restrike of the CSA half is still moderatly priced, but then again, it is a restrike. If you want PURE CSA coinage....you need to break into a museum and swipe one of the four original halves. If you want an original CSA cent, youre gonna need about 150K, unless you get lucky and find the one or possibly two that remain unaccounted for. Lovett lost one, he lived in Philadelphia, and there is good reason to suspect it may lay 2 inches under the surface of the ground somewhere :smile And even that coin was not struck in the South. Bashlows are a fun coin. I wearing one out now in my pocket, along with an ASE, just to see how they look worn and toned.[/QUOTE]