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Valued Member
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Hello all: One of my website readers sent me the following photos of a Confederate "coin", dated 1862. He said he found it in a northern Georgia cave, along with a few other artifacts. Of course, it can't be a real Confederate coin, but it is interesting. Does anyone have an idea of this object's origin?   |
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Don't have a clue but a twenty dollar coin back then was major money! Most tokens are for cents so this in my opinion makes it pretty unique. This sure wasn't made for the poor guy of the times. Thanks for posting the photo and hope we learn some more on this one.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Don't know what you have there but there was a group called the Knights of the Golden Circle who stashed hoards of money, gold, silver and guns in caves around the south. Apparently, intended for the CSA to make a come back in later years.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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At first blush, I'd guess it was a stage prop for the movie Sahara, but it doesn't even come close. http://www.csacurrency.com/csacoin/csa20dol.htm My second guess is that it might be a cereal box fake coin like used to be stuffed in Wheaties or whatever back in the 1950s. What's it made from? Fred |
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The item appears to be made of bronze or some copper-based alloy. The photos don't show it very well, but there are a couple of bluish-green corrosion spots on the reverse.
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Forum Mom
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In 1867, Eureka produced a 10 dollar copper trade token, so the fact that this one is for $20 does not necessarily make it not authentic.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I have seen simular "coins" at a few shows, and they sell in the $5 range. Not exactly common, but not rare. My suggestion would be to email Julian Leidman.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks everyone for the feedback thus far.
ND, who is Julian Leidman?
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New Member
United States
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Originally posted by Daniel J. Goevert
Thanks everyone for the feedback thus far.
ND, who is Julian Leidman?
Julian is a longtime dealer from Silver Springs, MD. Great guy. Here's a link to his website: http://www.juliancoin.com/ |
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Originally posted by RKKay
Julian is a longtime dealer from Silver Springs, MD.
Thanks RK, I forget that everyone doesn't know Julian.  |
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Valued Member
United States
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The diameter of the object is 1.248 inches or 3.175 cm and the thickness is .073 inches or .1905 cm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Just an idea but maybe it's a Magicians coin? Often times they used fake coins in their acts. They could be stock coins or personalized fake coins. And sometimes they threw pieces out to their fans. It's not hard to imagine a magician after the Civil War performing in the South with such coins. Or perhaps it's a Spiel Marke or other maker of game counters. They often used the images of real coins on their counters. |
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Posted 11/15/2005 11:00 pm
