BASHLOW CONFEDERATE 1C RESTRIKES COMPLETE SET IN CASE BRONZE, GOLDINE, SILVER FROM 1861 ORIGINAL CSA DIES Start Price USD 249.95 Current Price USD 249.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 30, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 02, 2008 Location North Carolina See more about 'BASHLOW CONFEDERATE 1C RESTRIKES COMPLETE SET IN CASE' Description CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA BASHLOW ONE CENT RESTRIKES FROM ORIGINAL 1861 CSA DIES   BRONZE, GOLDINE, SILVER COMPLETE SET IN HOLDER THIS COMPLETE THREE COIN SET OF BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT RESTRIKES FROM THE ORIGINAL 1861 CSA ONE CENT DIES WERE STRUCK IN 1961 DURING THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. COMPLETE SET OF ONE BRONZE, GOLDINE, AND SILVER ORIGINAL EXAMPLES IN ORIGINAL HOLDER JUST LIKE PURCHASED RECENTLY FROM OLD COLLECTION. HISTORY- THE ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE CENT WAS DESIGNED BY ROBERT LOVETT IN 1861 WITH 12 PATTERN PIECES OF COPPER NICKEL DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES. FEARING TREASON CHARGES FROM UNION AUTHORITIES FOR AIDING THE CONFEDERACY, HE CANCELLED THE PROJECT AND HID THE 12 COINS UNTIL AFTER THE WAR. IN 1873, LOVETT SPENT ONE OF THE CONFEDERATE CENTS BY MISTAKE IN A PHILADELPHIA BAR. THE BARTENDER KNOWING THE PIECE WAS UNUSUAL SHOWED A FEW PEOPLE INCLUDING JOHN HASELTINE. HASELTINE BOUGHT THE COIN AND EVENTUALLY PURCHASED ALL THE COINS AND DIES FROM ROBERT LOVETT. HASELTINE TOOK THE DIES TO PETER KINDER OF PHILADELPHIA AND STRUCK THE FIRST RESTRIKES UNTIL DIES BROKE. THE DIES WERE CONSIDERED DESTROYED FOR YEARS UNTIL THEY SURFACED WITH BASHLOW IN 1961. THE OBVERSE DIE HAD BEEN DEFACED BY HAMMER BLOWS AND THE REVERSE BY CHISEL CUTS. BASHLOW HAD AUGUST C FRANK & CO. MAKE TRANSFER DIES AND STRIKE 30,156 COPIES FROM A VARIETY OF MEDALS FOR THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL IN 1961. *CHECK OUT ALL OUR RARE BASHLOW CONFEDERATE RESTRIKES IN OUR LISTINGS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST AND PLEASE VISIT OUR STORE FOR UNIQUE HISTORICAL ITEMS PERFECT FOR GIFT IDEAS OR YOUR COLLECTION. rperdue Store Place a Bid!