BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT GOLDINE RESTRIKE NGC MS68 RARE HIGH GRADE FROM ORIGINAL CSA DIES CERTIFIED Start Price USD 250.00 Current Price USD 250.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, November 23, 2008 End Time Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Location North Carolina See more about 'BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT GOLDINE RESTRIKE NGC MS68' Description CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA  1861 ONE CENT BASHLOW RESTRIKE GOLDINE MINTAGE ONLY 5000  NGC CERTIFIED MS68   THIS BEAUTIFUL RARE HIGH GRADE RESTRIKE FROM ORIGINAL CONFEDERATE CENT DIES WITH LOW MINTAGE OF GOLDINE EXAMPLES ONLY 5,000 IS NGC CERTIFIED MS 68 WITH GREAT LUSTER AND PROTECTED BY NEW NGC HOLDER JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR WITH EDGE VIEW. 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. Place a Bid!