The attached photos of “confederate” coins were emailed to me yesterday by a family friend. I plan to ask for a few photos of individual coins in order to view the actual coins. Are these likely civil war tokens? I’m not familiar with “confederate” coins. Perhaps “Baker 477” could be a clue! I’ll try to post any other pictures that I receive in the next few days. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
i can't see what you have there, but other than a some samples , the Confederacy didn't issue coins...
Part of the mintage of the 1861-O half dollar was struck under CSA administration. But the other Confederate coins were not mass-produced and only a few extremely rare examples exist. I'm pretty sure the coins in the picture are Civil War tokens, but better pics will confirm.
I attached the photos I received today. I rotated and duplicated the last one because the coin was rotated. They look like civil war tokens to me. Do they have much value?
They are civil war tokens, they were issued by merchants in the north. The numbers at the top of the 2X2's refer to obv and rev die numbers in the Fuld book on Patriotic Civil War Tokens. The Baker numbers refer to a different work, by Baker, on medallic images of George Washington. Each of those tokens will have either a bust or equestrian statue of Washington on it. How much value they have will be dependent on the particular die pairing, the composition, and the condition.
I believe all of the coins are labeled R1 (low rarity). So, I believe the value is $25 (Unc) or less. Please correct me if I am wrong.
Pics are too small to see. Perhaps you can post photos of a few coins at a time so we can see what you have.
All of the 1861-D gold dollars were struck under CSA administration. Not sure whether that falls into the mass-produced category or the "extremely rare" category, but considering the Dahlonega mint never had very high mintages, I'm going with the former.
