BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT GOLDINE RESTRIKE NGC MS68 RARE VERY HIGH GRADE FROM ORIGINAL CSA DIES CERTIFIED Start Price USD 275.00 Current Price USD 275.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, November 10, 2008 End Time Wednesday, December 10, 2008 Location North Carolina See more about 'BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT GOLDINE RESTRIKE NGC MS68' Description BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT RARE GOLDINE RESTRIKE MINTAGE ONLY 5,000 HIGH GRADE NGC MS68 BEAUTIFUL RARE GOLDINE HIGH GRADE RESTRIKE FROM ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE CENT DIES WITH GREAT LUSTER, LOW MINTAGE OF ONLY 5,000, RARE HIGH GRADE MS 68 WITH NGC CERTIFICATION. 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 OTHER HISTORICAL ITEMS PERFECT FOR GIFT IDEAS OR YOUR COLLECTION. rperdue Store Place a Bid!