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Valued Member
United States
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Is this a confederate speared olive half? 1861 O. The reverse has two lines that look like the die cracks. Thanks   *** Edited by Staff to Add Year / Mintmark / Denomination to Title. It's very important to have in the title. *** |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like you have the Wiley-Bugert 104, speared bud confederate issue. Congrats!  Here it is compared to mine (dark brown picture) and as illustrated in the Wiley-Bugert reference. My coin:  Your coin:  Reference:   IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Looks like congrats are in order!
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Bedrock of the Community
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10472 Posts |
Nice find - good eye to spot that!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
 United States
62 Posts |
Thanks. I have a slabbed one I bought years ago. I keep an eye out for them.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3634 Posts |
Nice find, congrats!
Member of SPMC, FCCB, ANA and ANS. My U.S. Classic Commemorative Complete Set: https://www.NGCcoin.com/registry/co...sets/278741/My U.S. Fractional Note Set: https://notes.www.collectors-societ...eSetID=34188 |
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United States
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Very nice! |
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Valued Member
United States
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It was a 20 USD auction pick up. Not slabbed so they did not know it was a more rare half. I was thinking of sending it in to have it slabbed. That way its not my word that it is, the grading co has their stamp on it also.
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Valued Member
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12057 Posts |
Nice eyes to spot that one. I've got a raw example in my collection of the same.
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Valued Member
United States
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what is the process of getting it slabbed by NGC?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Most local coin shops can submit this to NGC for you, or you can join NGC yourself and submit directly.
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Valued Member
United States
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Thanks for all the replies. You guys are very helpful.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Good find!  Having cherry-picked a number of these Confederate varieties over the years, my take on this one is that it's not worth paying the freight to get it slabbed. It's a "details" coin, methinks. I've sold similar pieces in low grade for $110-$120. Were it in a higher grade and not a details coin, say worth in the $250+ range, I'd favor slabbing it. My question: This issue is what it is, so why pay a TPG to tell you what you already know? That said, the slab or not to slab question boils down to a vanity issue for reassurance. For some collectors, this reassurance justifies the added time and expense. Just my take ....  |
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Very cool. My curious question though.... If this was minted by the Confederacy, why did they continue with the "United States of America," engraving on it?
Was there any actual coinage that they converted to "Confederate States of America"?
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