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New Member
United States
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Hello I am very new to learning and I just love it all. I inherited some coins a while ago and just left them tucked away in my safe. Now I have time to go through them and organized and see what I have. Does anyone think it is possible this could be actual Restrike? It's does not stick to a magnet. From what I understand there were only 4 or 5 actual originals and all have been accounted for. Thank you   |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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These were widely reproduced by a number of sources. The odds of yours being an original are somewhere between hitting the Mega Millions and Powerball jackpots.
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yours looks like a cast counterfeit.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
25241 Posts |
Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures
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Moderator
United States
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Sorry @tbo but yours is definitely not real. It looks like the plating is worn and peeling, revealing base metal. The real deal was made from silver.
"If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
-----King Adz
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Moderator
United States
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 I agree with the others,not real. John1  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Knowing that an authentic example is impossible to obtain,
I would be happy with a very good quality copy, marked as such,
in an area that would be easily detected if a dishonest attempt was made at 'copy' removal.
Example shown not good enough quality to be included in my self educational 'black' collection.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I agree. It's a fake.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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to the CCF These copies, replicas not restrikes, were largely produced in the 1960's and sold at historic sites as novelty items for tourists; this, to take advantage of the Civil War centennial years, as well as the the flourishing coin market. Note that these were produced prior to the 1973 COPY law. The relative flood of copied coins and tokens like this issue much contributed to the ensuing enactment of that COPY law. The OP's piece is definitely one of the poorer examples issued back then. Still, it's a numismatic snapshot in time .....  Edited by ExoGuy
09/17/2023 11:03 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It was the era of the great American road trip and unfortunately a lot of these things ended up in our grandparents' boxes with no indication of where they came from.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Knowing that an authentic example is impossible to obtain,
I would be happy with a very good quality copy, marked as such, hat you want in that case is a Scott Restrike Quality is good, and they were actually struck using the Confederate Die. Price is still high, but much less than one of the originals.  |
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United States
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larger images of your coin would be much better to see any details of it.
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Posted 09/16/2023 12:53 am
