THE ORGINAL 500 RESTRICKS ARE DONE BY HAND PRESS,
ON WHITE METAL, THE SECOND 500 FUSED TO FEDERAL OBVERSE
BY PRESS.
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THE ORGINAL FROM N.O., WOULD NOT FIT PROPERLY IN A COINING PRESS,
Some say due to high relief, I say size 28 mm, federal haves 30 mm.
SO THEY USED THE CORKSCREW HAND PRESS. IF THEY WOULD NOT FIT ON
A COINING PRESS THEIR SIZE WAS DIFFERENT, 28 mm.
MILLING,
MILLING OF ORGINAL COIN
WAS PUT ON BY PRESSURE OF THE PRESS,
IS THIS MILLING REGULAR AND UNIFORM,
ANSWER , NO.
IN A HAND PRESS IT IS MORE LIKLY TO BE
BROAD STRUCK, CAUSING A RAISED RIDGE,
AND POSSIBLY MISSING MILLING IN PLACES.
specially in 30 mm opening on press.
CONCERNING WEIGHT
THE OFFICAL WEIGHT192 GRAINS OF SILVER
10 % COPPER FOR A COINED DOLLAR
a half dollar would be half,
BUT DIE TRAILS WERE DONE IN WHITE METAL
NOT SILVER, THE FOUR STRUCK AT
NEW ORLEANS MINT WERE DIE TRAILS
only mason says silver trying to sell
his so called orginal from Taylor.
BULLION UNAVAILABLE, COINING STOPPED
AFTER FOUR, WHY FOUR , WHY NOT TEN
THE ANSWER THEY WERE TRAILS.
SOME SAY THEY WERE PROOFS,
BUT A PROOF CANNOT BE CREATED ON A HAND PRESS
WITH A DIE THAT METAL STicks to THE DIE.
28mm in a 30 mm slot.
MORE THAN LIKLY THE COIN HAS REEDING
MISSING ON THE EDGES, RAISED EDGES,
OF A WHITE METAL COMPOSITION,
WITH POSSLE MISSING OR FLAKING IN SPOTS.
SIZE
THE DESIGN OF THE ORGINAL FOUR WAS like unto A SEATED LIBERTY 1861
28 mm, WITH THE NEW CONFEDERATE SIDE, and new obverse.
does anyone think the CSA
would use a federal 30 mm obverse,
they made their own, similar but different
as in my descripition of my coin.
THE RESTRIKES WERE SHAVEN
FEDERAL COINS OF SILVER, JOINED BY
CONFEDERATE SIDE, DONE ON A COINING PRESS.
orginal obverse nerver found, lost 28 mm die, not 30mm.
confescated by federal govt., then lost or stolen.
ON CONFEDERATE ORGINAL FOUR,
IT STATES IN TAYLORS LETTER ,
DESIGN OF COIN WAS A SEATED LIBERTY,
NOT THE ACTUAL FEDERAL COIN.
NOT HAVING OBVERSE DIE, USED SIMILAR
FEDERAL OBVERSE IN FUSION, DIFFERENT SIZES
28 CONFEDERATE, 30 OBVERSE.
flipped coin reverses to show its a different coin.
SO TO STATE COIN IS SAME WIDTH AS FEDERAL
HALF DOLLAR IS WRONG, THE DESIGN WAS a
changed federal FEDERAL,WITH A CONFEDERATE REVERSE.
a total new half dollar.
THE OBVERSE A SEATED LIBERTY, NOT A SHAVED
FEDERAL COIN AS IN THE RESTRICKS.
BUT ITS OWN DIE, 28 MM AS IN MY COIN.
descripition above. With 1 over 0 in date.
IF ONE LOOKS AT RESTRICKS THEIR coined trail
500 WERE DONE IN WHITE METAL, SO I WOULD
ASSUME THESE 4 TRAILS ? WERE ALSO ON WHITE METAL.
NOT PROOFS IN SILVER.
THE OTHER THREE ? COINS ARE UNDER RAPS,
WHY, CAN THEY ALL BE DIFFERENT, LETS SEE THEM,
DO THEY MATCH ANS COIN, WHICH DATE, 1 over a 0
IN MY OPINION IS ?.
but part of the coins history.
LOCATIONS ?
Of the three in possession ,
ans claims to have taylors,
the john ford foundation claims to have davis,
eric newman claims to have ames coin,
riddle coin to an unknown collector,
whereabouts unknown.
not showing there coin, and the ANS, ANS coin is used in all
formats for the orginal coins, they must be the same as to date 1 over 0. .
Mine has this, but a shift to right of 0, ans shift to left of 0.
THEN MASON PRODUCES THE COIN AND DIE ,
ALLEGED FROM TAYLOR
THAT HE SAID HE BROUGHT IT,
GOING TO A.N. SOCIETY AND TRIES TO SELL IT TO THEM.
NOT SELLING THEM, THEN SELLS THEM TO SCOTT.
WITHOUT BILL OF SALE OR LETTER FROM TAYLOR,
HERESAY NOT EDIVENCE.
SCOTT EXPANS COIN TO 30 MM,
SINCE OBVERSE WAS SEIZED BY FEDERAL GOVT.
PUT IN MUSEUM , LOST OR STOLEN
SIZE OF COIN IS 28 NOT 30MM , FOR ORGINAL CONF.
SO HE EXPANDS CONFEDERATE SIZE TO FEDERAL'S COIN SIZE.
THINK,A NEW CONFEDERATE GOVT.
BREAKING TIES WITH THE OLD,
WOULD CREATE ITS OWN OBVERSE, 28 MM ,
WITH CHANGES I HAVE MENTIONED,
REVERSING UPON FLIPPING TO BE DIFFERENT
ITS ABBSURB TO EVEN THINK THEY WOULD
USE A FEDERAL COIN DIE, FOR THEIR NEW
CONFEDERATE COIN DIE
.
MASON SELLS IT TO SCOTT. CLAIMING TO BE TAYLORS COIN.
EDIVENCE NEEDED
A-NEEDED LETTER FROM TAYLOR TO MASON JAN 1879.
B-LOCATION OF LETTER FROM WAR DEPT
TAYLOR. NOT IN ARCHIVES.
C-LETTER FROM TAYLOR TO WAR DEPT,
IN ARCHIUVES.
D-LETTER OR BILL OF SALE FROM TAYLOR TO MASON.
WITHOUT THESE ITS ALL HERESAY AND QUESTIONABLE,
IN A COURT OF LAW, ALL NOT ACCEPTED AS EDIVENCE.
Scott sold the half dollar for $870,
but chose to hang onto the dies for the purpose of
manufacturing restrikes. After refurbishing the old dies,
(NOTE REFURNBISHING )
He produced metal tokens,
testing the Confederate reverse,
with a a homemade obverse
then another 5oo 1861 federal coins
shaving federal 1861,
reverse as a scott restrike.
In 1879, the die rusted in places, most notably at ER in AMERICA.
noting no further deterioration occurring, Scott took Half dollars
dated 1861, recently taken from circulation,
had the reverses removed off,
The half dollars were placed in a collar to prevent expansion,
with the obverse of the coin placed on an surface,
The blank reverse was then struck with a Confederate die,
creating a Confederate half dollar."
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