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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2508363, member: 66&quot;]Originally owned by the US Gov.&nbsp; Now they were &quot;spoils of war&quot; captured by another government.&nbsp; Captured enemy property is just that captured and for all practical purposes becomes the property of the government doing the capturing. (unless they lose in which case they may have to pay reparations for what they captured)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But were they used for trade purposes or for domestic circulation.&nbsp; There are several examples of one country being made by another for trade purposes.&nbsp; For example the 1898 Mexican pesos we made for use in China.&nbsp; But is there a another case of oe county making another countries coins for their own domestic circulation use?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually I believe they were.&nbsp; When Louisiana took over the mint , and later when the Confederacy did, most if not all of the employees stayed on and continued working.&nbsp; It&#039;s weird but I believe for at least a little while they continued to send reports to Philadelpha even after the takeover.</p><p><br /></p><p>I consider the coins legitimate, struck by other governments using captured enemy supplies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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