During its 4 year existence the Confederate States of America was responsible for producing only two coins: the cent made on a contractual basis by a Philadelphia die cutter, and the half dollar struck in the New Orleans Mint.
Today, the Confederate half dollar specimen originally belonging to B.F. Taylor is housed in the collection of the American Numismatic Society in New York City. Two of the other half dollars are also privately held. The fourth authentic 1861 strike was actually found circulating in New York late in the 19th century (perhaps the specimen stolen from Jefferson Davis?), and was sold on October 14, 2003 for an astounding $550,000.
in 1925, i believe to raise money to build a museum, the us gov minted a coin, 50cent coin, that had our own robert e. lee and stonewall jackson. i had an uncirculated one, but sold it with all my coins a few years ago. wish i had kept it. nice coin.
The Stone Mountain Memorial Half Dollars was minted in 1925 to raise funds to build a Confederate memorial at the site of Stone Mountain in Georgia. The coin obverse shows General Robert E. Lee and Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson on horseback
