HE JEFFERSON DAVIS COIN COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.
SEE LETTER
Federal troops captured President Davis in Georgia. Davis
hid his beloved lucky coin in his belongings. At Fort Monroe, Virginia.
Butler commanded the fort. One of Butlers officers searched Davis.
his precious coin was stolen. It disappeared years later;
the hands it passed through are a mystery to this day.
The Society has a letter from Jefferson Davis:Beauvois,
P.O. Harrison Co. Miss.May 10th 1879.Sir,I had a Confederate coin,
it was in my wife's trunkwhen it was rifled by the Federal Officers
sent on boardthe prison ship on which she was detained at HamptonRoads
before and after my confinement in Fortress Monroe. The coin,
some medals & other valuables were stolen at that time, whether the coin
be the same which has been offered to you as a duplicate I cannot say,
it is however not true as published that it is now in my possession.
Regretting that I cannot give you more exact informationon
the particular subject of your enquiry I am Respectfully,
Jefferson Davis
WHICH ONE IS IT, FEDERAL OFFICERS ON BOARD PRISON SHIP,HIS WIFES TRUNK, HER BELONGINGS, OR AT THE FORT MONROE BY BUTLERS OFFICERS, HIS BELONGING.
FROM NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
"Then in 1879 came another surprise. After an article appeared
in the Philadelphia Public Record, January 2, 1879, B.F. Taylor, M.D.,
of New Orleans, contacted E.L. Mason, Jr., Philadelphia coin dealer,
to say he had an original 1861 Confederate States of America half dollar.
He stated that four examples had been coined, that he had one,
that one of the officers of the Confederate government
was given another,
another went to Professor Biddle of the University of Louisiana,
and one to Dr. Ames of New Orleans"
MEMMENGER INFO
"he ordered that new designs for half-dollars,
should be submitted. Among several sent, the one approved bore
on the obverse of the coin a representation of the Goddess of
seated Liberty, surrounded by thirteen stars, denoting the States
from whence the Confederacy sprung, and on the lower rim
beneath the figures, 1861. On the reverse there is a shield
with seven stars, representing the seceding States;
When Louisiana seceded immediately alignedwith five other states .
Five states ratified the Provisional Constitution Confederate
States of America.
March11, 1861 the final Constitution Confederate States America
was ratified by seven states, original six , then Texas .
National Archives reveal that the mint superintendent Elmore,
was not never under the control of Louisiana officials,
but rather the direction of C. G. Memminger;
Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederate States of America.
The mint was under Confederate control from the very beginning.
mine has a M on obverse in addition to T, could this be
MEMMENGER's coin .
nowhere does it state davis name, he don't even mention
half dollar.in his answer to ans.
since mennenger ordered the coin, its logical, copy or
die trail would go to him, then your
theory is correct, you have riddle, i have taylor or mennenger,
this other lady i mentioned has possibly taylosr and
ames is missing, unless its under wraps and not shown.
spiropoulos