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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 24598403, member: 101855&quot;]I will have to look for that episode of “Yancy Derringer.” I have the series on DVD. I don’t remember that one, but I’m getting old. </p><p><br /></p><p>It’s pure fiction, of course. All four of the Confederate half dollars were in the hands of known owners at the time. Also, the only Confederate general who appeared on a piece of Confederate money was Stone Wall Jackson who was on the 1864 $500 dollar bill. Many Confederate politicians appeared on their money, however, which tells you something. </p><p><br /></p><p>It’s interesting to note that there are claims that no one knows what happened to the Confederate treasury in gold. After listening to a lecture on John Breckenridge’s flight from the Union Army at the end of the war, he might have used a substantial part of it to buy boats and aid during his journey with a couple of other people. He ultimately managed to get to Cuba from the south coast of Florida on a ricked little boat.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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