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I have seen pictures in an encyclopedia of Confederate pattern coins. I think I saw recently a picture of a pattern Confederate gold dollar; it bugs me because I can't remember where.

My question is this:

How many pattern coins were the Confederates responsible for, and can anybody in the CCF post some illustrations of these?
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The only ones listed in the RedBook are cents (12-15 known) and half-dollars (4 known).
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The Confederacy also minted a number of Federal design coins from leftover dies- 1861-O Half Dollar(3/4 of total mintage was minted by Louisiana after succession or the CSA), 1861-C and -D Half Eagles, and the 1861-O Double Eagle. The Half Dollar is the only reasonably affordable example.
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The Confederacy never struck a pattern gold dollar. They did strike 1861-D gold dollars using Union dies. unlike the other coins struck by the confederacy using Union dies these are extremely easy to recognize because the Union did not strike any 1861-D gold dollars before the mint was taken over. (At this time the half dollars struck by the confederacy can be identified by the die variety. The 2,991 1861 O double eagles and 887 1861-C half eagles struck by the Confederacy can not be identified.)
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My avatar is a cent from a set of copies I purchased at the Vicksburg Battlefield gift shop. I also have a token from SC with obs of the 50 cent piece.
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