RARE CONFEDERATE MONEY 1C GOLDINE RESTRIKE NGC MS 69 BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED GEM WITH HIGHEST GRADE TO DATE Start Price USD 385.00 Current Price USD 385.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 End Time Friday, December 26, 2008 Location North Carolina See more about 'RARE CONFEDERATE MONEY 1C GOLDINE RESTRIKE NGC MS 69' Description RARE BASHLOW CONFEDERATE ONE CENT GOLDINE RESTRIKE NGC CERTIFIED MS69 NO HIGHER GRADE TO DATE   THIS RARE GOLDINE RESTRIKE WAS THE SECOND RESTRIKE FROM THE ORIGINAL 1861 CSA ONE CENT DIES BY ROBERT BASHLOW IN 1961 WITH MINTAGE OF ONLY 5000. THIS BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED GEM IS CERTIFIED BY NGC MINT STATE 69 (HIGHEST GRADE TO DATE, NONE GRADED HIGHER) IN BRAND NEW DESIGNED HOLDER RELEASED THIS YEAR BY NGC. 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 OUR OTHER RARE BASHLOW CONFEDERATE RESTRIKES IN OUR LISTINGS THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST, GOOD LUCK BIDDING, AND PLEASE VISIT OUR STORE FOR OTHER HISTORICAL ITEMS PERFECT FOR GIFT IDEAS OR ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION. rperdue store Place a Bid!