BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT SILVER RESTRIKE NGC MS65 RARE RESTRIKE FROM ORIGINAL DEFACED CSA DIES CERTIFIED Start Price USD 160.00 Current Price USD 160.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 190.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Tuesday, November 18, 2008 End Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 Location North Carolina See more about 'BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT SILVER RESTRIKE NGC MS65' Description BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT  SILVER RESTRIKE RARE MINTAGE OF 5000  NGC CERTIFIED MS65 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED SILVER RESTRIKE FROM THE ORIGINAL 1861 CONFEDERATE CENT DEFACED DIES WITH NGC CERTIFICATION OF GRADE MINT STATE 65 IN NO RESERVE AUCTION.  *RARE MINTAGE OF ONLY 5,000 OF THE SILVER RESTRIKES DURING THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES IN 1961. 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!