Description
- Replica Coin and banknote Set
- Jefferson Davis authorized production of a Confederate Half dolllar
- Coin and banknote set
- Two item set, 50 Cent Coin and Fifty cent Paper note
- Two item set
Replica Coin CONFEDERATE HALF DOLLAR Following the secession from the Union in 1861, the federal mint was taken over by the Government of Louisiana. Jefferson Davis authorized production of a Confederate HalfDollar by taking ordinary half dollars & removing their reverse motif. Only four specimens were struck. Restrikes were made by J.W. Scott, who somehow got hold of the original reverse die & struck 500 coins for sale to souvenir hunters using his own front, consisting of wording without portrait or design. AN EXACT REPLICA US-2