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***Auction Highlight*** 1861 Confederate States of America Restrike BR-8002 Seated Lib 50c Graded au

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***Auction Highlight*** 1861 Confederate States of America Restrike BR-8002 Seated Lib 50c Graded au
***Auction Highlight*** 1861 Confederate States of America Restrike BR-8002 Seated Lib 50c Graded au55 By ANACS. 0 Up for Auction is one of the most sought coins of the entire Civil War Period. The Only Half Dollar Actually Struck by The Confederate States of America. The Legendary 1861 CSA Seated Half Dollar Restrike au55 ANACS. One of the most interesting and rarest coins produced in the United States was made by the Confederate States of America. The Half Dollar of 1861 with a reverse stating that the coin is a Confederate Half Dollar is the only coin officially made by and for the Confederacy. The obverse die is that of the United States Half Dollar of that year but mated with a design showing a shield with seven stars and seven strips representing the seven States that left the United States, topped with a Liberty Cap and surrounded by a wreath containing plants associated with the southern States. The history of this coinage is most interesting. The first one of these coins became known to the public in 1879 some fourteen years after the Civil War. It is documented that only four Confederate Half Dollars were produced at the New Orleans Mint in 1861 and there is documentation as to who all four were given to. One went to B.F. Taylor at the time Chief Coiner of the Mint for the Confederacy. The three other coins were given to Dr. Ames, Professor Riddell and the President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis. These coins became known by the numismatic community in the years 1910, 1961 and 1970. Today, three of these are in Museums, and only one is in private hands. This example last sold in 2017 for $960,000. New York coin dealer J.W. Scott purchased the dies that struck the four original CSA half dollars in 1879 from Ebenezer Mason, who in turn had purchased them from Dr. B.F. Taylor, formerly Chief Coiner of the New Orleans mint. Scott then purchased 500 1861 (allegedly O-mint) half dollars, planned off the reverses, and struck the CSA imprint onto the now-blank reverses; thus producing what is the closest item most will ever see or own to an Original CSA half dollar. Only 500 examples were ever produced. The coin at hand is one of these 500. It is Chilling just to hold this coin in my hands. I wish you luck in being one of the few who can claim ownership of this slice of history.