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Message:: [QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 25444961, member: 101855"]The New Orleans Mint made many coins for the Confederacy during the short time that it was open after the Rebels captured it. According to The Red Book, it made 330,000 half dollars while the U.S. Government still controlled it, 1,240,000 when the State of Louisiana took it from the Feds, and 962,633 when the Confederacy controlled. It also made four half dollars with the Confederate, reverse or obverse die, depending on you opinion of obverse and reverse. The only 1861-O half dollars that are attributed to the Confederacy have a small die crack on the obverse. [ATTACH=full]1628548[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1628547[/ATTACH] The New Orleans Mint also made 1861-O double eagles for the Confederacy. The Dahlonega Mint made gold dollars and half eagles while it was under Confederate control. Both of those coins are very pricey. The Charlotte Mint perhaps made $5 gold pieces while under Confederate control. The support for that assumption is not as strong as it is for Dahlonega. Late die state 1861-C half eagles are sometimes marketed as "Confederate pieces."[/QUOTE]