Gem Bronze Confederate Cent 1 of 2 Bashlow Restrikes Start Price USD 59.99 Current Price USD 59.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 94.50 Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, October 05, 2008 End Time Sunday, October 12, 2008 Location Woodinville, Washington See more about 'Gem Bronze Confederate Cent 1 of 2 Bashlow Restrikes' Description The second of our spectacular Bashlow restrikes from the Confederate one cent dies, this one the bronze that looks very, very much like a copper to us with the bright red. But it is the bronze. This, like the other on ebay this week, are two of the finest civil War related pieces we acquired recently at the Long Beach Coin & Collectibles Show. We're very excited about what may be the best group of tokens, medals and coins we've had in the last year or two. This is the ultra thick restrike of the Confederate cent struck by Bashflow before the dies were placed in the Smithsonian. As you can see, this piece is as high grade as you'll find and it shows all the die cancellations and standard marks identifying it as the Bashlow restrike--most prominently thethree cross cancels on the reverse and the very clearmarks on the front, which include a line just below 9:00 and the somewhat "bubble-like" flaws from the cancelled die which can be seen at about 11:00 and just behind liberty's cap at about 2:00. For those who study the die characteristics, obviously the goldine and the bronze are, and would have to be, identical to one another. Any other marks or peculiarities that might be found would be indicative of a striking not a die issue, such as a bit of dirt or a strikethrough, etc. Truly a beautiful coin and because of the very thick (2.90mm) planchet, highly unusual as US coinage, and of course, in a special way it is US coinage. Starting at less than $60, this is a $125-150+ coin in this grade and also available to purchase with Buy it Now at only $94.50 Just a few of the items we'll be listing from the several hundred we purchased in September, many at the Long Beach show and from the Heritage token and medal auction there include the following Civil War coins, medals and tokens: --Large bronze Civil War Sanitary Fair medal, choice BU and quite rare --Silver and copper small Philadelphia Sanitary Fair medals from choice to gem BU --Two outstanding sutler tokens, both quite scarce --Approximately 50 Civil War tokens, including rarities and numerous BU tokens (nearly ten slabbed pieces were sold on ebay already) Non Civil War pieces include a wide range of very high grade common and all grades of rare So-Called Dollars and naturally our specialty, a broad range of items from various World's Fairs including the World's Columbian Expo. Some of the other important (none painful!) details for those purchasing from us at auction: SHIPPING: All of our lots are normally a flat $3.00 for first-class shipping and we combine to save the buyer shipping costs. INSURANCE: Insurance is optional but without it obviously the buyer is at risk should anything be lost or damaged in shipping. NON-US/CANADA TRANSACTIONS: We will always try to ship abroad, but you'll need to be patient, pay ONLY IN US FUNDS and have a solid ebay rating. It's not the customers who make us nervous, but the often unreliable postal systems outside the country. If you can pay with US funds, are fine with uninunsured shipping (or if you have suggestions for your country) and are not in a hurry, then by all means contact us and do bid on our merchandise. METHODS OF PAYMENT: We accept checks and money orders (personal, bank or business checks are just fine) but we do NOT use PayPal. WIth ebay forcing everyone to switch to PayPal or a facsimile, we'll have no choice and get set up to make the change in October. AND DON'T MISS OUR MAJOR WORLD'S COLUMBIAN AUCTION COMING DECEMBER 2! Our auction of World's Columbian Exposition tickets, paper and ephemera, and also outstanding Civil War paper and ephemera lots, is coming from Heritage Auctions. It was originally scheduled for November 12 and Heritage has announced that this major Americana auction has been rescheduled for DECEMBER 2! We will have more information, including a flyer prepared with details that we're happy to email to all requests. The auction will include 115 lots from Norm Bolotin and The History Bank, a total of more than 300 individual items! We're obviously very excited in that this auction includes our own personal collection of World's Columbian Tickets, one of the finest contemporary collections known. This will be the most complete collection and outstanding to be auctioned since the 1980s. Today's finest collections, including this one, each have numerous unique items or items not known in others. The Bolotin-History Bank collection features several unique pieces for rail travel to the fair, Midway attractions and the only known example of a ticket to the Midway's Camera Obscura, as well as such rarities as tickets to the Whaling Bark Progress, the Oriental Odeon and even ticket number 1 to the Closing Ceremonies. Also in this and a second Heritage auction are many History Bank Civil War items including numerous newspapers covering the assassination of Lincoln, Civil War dog tags, a rare Wallpaper Newspaper, a legal brief in Lincoln's own hand and much more. Please contact us directly for information or visit Heritage's website for information on the December 2 and next spring's auctions. FEEDBACK. We will always leave feedback, although we generally do many at once so we do not do it every day. Please be patient. 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