Catalog
1/2 Dollar - The Confederate States of America
| Issuer | Confederate States of America |
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| Type | Replica coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts an equestrian figure at full gallop, facing left, rendered within a raised inner circle. The central motif is framed by a wreath of laurel and palm branches occupying the middle annulus. The outer legend reads THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA . 22 FEBRUARY 1862 disposed around the upper periphery, with the motto DEO VINDICE flanked by six-pointed stars along the lower arc. The overall composition closely replicates the Great Seal of the Confederate States of America as adopted in 1862. |
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| Obverse lettering | THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA : 22 FEBRUARY 1862 DEO VINDICE |
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Only four original Confederate half dollars were struck in 1861, using a obverse die cut by A.H.M. Peterson and a reverse salvaged from the U.S. Mint in New Orleans before federal authorities retook the facility. The originals are effectively uncirculated curiosities — they never entered commerce. In 1879, coin dealer J.W. Scott struck 500 restrikes using the original Confederate reverse paired with a defaced 1861-O U.S. half dollar obverse, and it is almost certainly one of those restrikes — or a later copy — that a lead example represents.