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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1967767, member: 5233&quot;]&quot;Original Confederate Coin&quot; is somewhat hard to define as well...and might not be what you would expect.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>First off, there are two accepted &quot;original&quot; CSA deniminations.&nbsp; The cent and the half dollar.&nbsp; The half dollar was minted in 1861 in New Orleans using a USA 1861 obverse (Seated Liberty) and a CSA Reverse.&nbsp; Recording indicate that only 4 were struck in 1861.&nbsp; All others were struck later on as restrikes long after the CSA was gone.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is widely believed that no CSA cents were struck in 1861.&nbsp; The dies were made my a man in Philadelphia but never delivered to the CSA for fear he could be arrested for assisting the enemy.&nbsp; The dies did not surface until 1874 when the &quot;original&quot; coins were struck.&nbsp; Very few were made in 1874.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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