4 Confederate Coins

Four Confederate Coins

Confederate Penny

Restrike of the CONFEDERATE CENT

from the original Confederate dies made by Robert Lovett, Philadelphia, Penn., for the Confederate States of America.

Mr. Lovett said he received the order to make these cents for the Confederacy from a well known jewelry firm in Philadelphia. He became afraid that the United States government might arrest him for giving assistance to the enemy so he buried them in his cellar until after the war was over.

Upon attempting to strike more of these cents, the die broke on the fifty-ninth piece. These dies are now in the Smithsonian.

Confederate Penny

Confederate 50� Piece

Rare Confederate Half Dollar RESTRIKE

In 1861 all U.S. mints in the states which comprised the Confederate States of America were confiscated by the Confederacy.
At New Orleans Mint 87% of all U.S. 1861-0 half dollars were minted by the Confederacy.
The director of the New Orleans Mint under the Confederacy caused a design to be created and then engraved into a die for a Confederate Half Dollar. Only four pieces were ever struck (these on a hand press) and they bore the same obverse (or front) as the 1861-0 U.S. half dollar.
This is the only Confederate coin bearing an image designed by the Confederate Officials and produced within the Confederate States.
Only 4 were ever made!
Certainly this is the rarest Confederate coin that exists and its price today (for one of the original four) could quite easily be as much as one hundred thousand dollars.
The original die and the four original strikes have been lost to public view and private access. This is a totally authentic restrike produced directly from the 1861-O half dollar obverse and the Confederate reverse.
Confederate 50� Piece

Confederate 5 Dollar Piece

Confederate 5 Dollar Piece

Confederate 20 Dollar Piece

Confederate 20 Dollar Piece

Confederate Gold Coins

On April 29, 1861, Superintendent Elmore forwarded a design to Secretary Memminger. This design was prepared by the New Orleans architectural firm of Messers. Gallier & Esterbrook. The description which accompanied this design is as follows:

"... The principal figure, the Goddess of Liberty, seated, holds in her right hand a staff surmounted by the liberty cap; her left arm rests on a shield (there being no coat of arms yet adopted) is shown a portion of the flag of the Confederate, unfurled; to the left of the figure will be observed sugarcane growing, a bale of cotton, a sugar hogshead, and a bale of tobacco; to the right, cotton in its various stages of growth, as also tobacco. On the reverse side is an endless chain composed of fifteen links; South Carolina, having taken the lead, occupies the top link, and the other link represents, right and left, the other States in the order of their secession; the remaining blank lines are an invitation to the border States to hasten to inscribe their names within the circle. The stars of the Confederate States are distinct; those of the border States are in twilight, but visible, soon, we hope, to stand out as boldly as their neighbors. In the centre is inscribed the monogram, composed of the letters C.S.A.

Judah B. Benjamin proposed that the Government issue a $5 gold coin of the exact value of the English sovereign.

"I would call the coin a cavalier. Our golden cavalier would be: in French, cavalier d'or; in Spanish, Caballero d'oro; in Italian, cavaliere d'oro. We would have $5 and $20 pieces called cavaliers and quadruple cavaliers."

These descriptions were in the packages (as sold) that held each restrike coin & the descriptions were not marked as copyrighted. There is also a description of the penny & half in the "Red Book" -- A Guide Book of United States Coins by R. S. Yeoman.

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