If you have obtained a Confederate Half Dollar or Cent, the odds are that these coins are copies.
There are only 4 original Confederate Half Dollars and all are accounted for.
There are 12 original Confederate Cents. All are accounted for.
The original dies created by the Philadelphia Jewelry company known as Bailey & Co. were sold and a total of 3 gold pieces, 5 silver pieces, and 55 copper coins were struck using these dies.
There are thousands of copies. Most bear the word copy somewhere on the coin.