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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ExoMan, post: 2732534, member: 72588&quot;]This looks to me to be a fairly well cast copy of a Confederate Half .... [ATTACH=full]621813[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]621809[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>In an effort to get closer to owning a genuine Confederate Half, I bought this one ....</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]621819[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]621820[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The second piece is a survivor from the SS Republic that sank in 1865 off the coast of Georgia, consequence of a hurricane. The surfaces of the coin exhibit what&#039;s called the &quot;shipwreck effect&quot;; this, as the coin was conserved by NGC, after resting on the ocean floor for 140 years. The die crack to the nose is what pegs it as a Confederate issue, struck when the rebels had control of the New Orleans Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Exonumia or not .... Fun stuff![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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