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Originally posted by imanangel0686
The way they were selling the restrike it just seemed too weird. 1$ seems way to cheap. I could be wrong, but if the org. is selling for 2000$ to 5000$ then the restrike should go for more.
I think that it is shady to call that thing a "restrike." I guarantee that they didnt use the original dies and I would bet that it isn't even silver. It is just a cheap reproduction knockoff, nothing more.
Only 4 true Confederate half dollars were ever produced and in 1879, 500 restrikes were made by a New York coin dealer.
http://www.coinfacts.com/confederat...restrike.htmIn 1861, the Federal Government produced 300,000 or so half dollars before Louisiana seceeded in early February. The state then produced more halves until they joined the Confederacy which then took over minting operations until the bullion supply was exausted in April 1861 and a total of ~2.5 million halves were produced by all three governmental entities. A total of 14 unique die marriages exist with 3 made under US control, 7 under Louisiana, and 6 under the Confederacy (four marriages, one remarriage, and the Confederate reverse). The die marriages were researched in the Wiley and Bugert book "Liberty
Seated half dollars."
Needless to say, all of the 1861-O dies were rode hard and put away wet so-to-speak. I do know of one particular variety, WB-102, that used the same obverse die as the Confederate strike. It has a thin, vertical die crack extending from the nose to the rim.
Incidentally, all of the die varieties were found in the hold of the SS Republic shipwreck. Oddessey Marine Expeditions is actually selling a limited number of the 14 variety sets at a price of about $27,000.
http://shipwreckstore.com/1861-0.htmlhttp://shipwreckstore.com/1861-0diemarriage.shtmlEdited by biokemist6
11/29/2006 5:43 pm
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