Coin of the Week: Confederate Cent
The short-lived Confederate States of America were short on cash. They had used up the silver supply, and were now down to only copper. What would happen now?
A man by the name of Robert Lovett Jr. was tasked with creating a design for Confederate Cents, which he did. A beautiful design featuring Minerva on the obverse and a wreath of corn, cotton and tobacco plastered on the reverse. Lovett got scared and chickened out, but not before at least 14 test pieces were made. The world would probably have never known about these pieces had Lovett not accidentally spent one in a tavern. After the civil war, Lovett was continually badgered by a collector to give up the dies by a collector until he agreed to do so. The dies were then used to create restrikes, several of which exist today. An original Confederate cent can cost thousands of dollars.
Roughly Actual size (Above), 19mm
Rooting Through the Lost Art: New Jersey and Georgia State Quarters
First the originals:
And now the runners-up:
Wonderful World: Canada MapleGram 25 Set
The Royal Canadian Mint has recently released this product, which is made to be more appealing to first time gold investors. The MapleGram 25 contains 25 1-gram gold maple leaves, each made with 99.99% gold, and available for $1,108.99 on Kitco.com. The maple leaves are actually quite cute, and I am hoping to get a set myself!
The link below will take you to a short video showing off the product.
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