question about civil war coins

[ripley rebel]

I have a question that I'm not sure about. While digging with rebel digger(and not having much luck) I began to think out loud about what type of coins the south used during the war. I know they had paper money but I have never seen a rebel coin. You hear stories of how the southerners buried the money around their homes and a metal detector doesn't pick up paper well. Did the south use coins after succeeding from the union. This is like now when I give my kids a dollar for a pack of gum and would you believe it the pack must have cost a dollar because I never get any change back. Can some one answer this one?
Tim

 

[Dr. Beach]

Hi Tim:

“In the absence of circulating coinage . . .,” the Confederate government, and “some of the [Southern] states,” printed fractional notes that acted as “paper coins.” See: http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.com/c ... coins.html Also interesting, see the following site that explains the once proposed Confederate one cent piece: http://www.anacs.com/default.aspx?Page=27

 

[emike123]

Check this out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1861-1c-NGC-MS62-Co ... dZViewItem

ouch

 

[ripley rebel]

coins

Hey,
Thanks folks. I guess that there were a few but not many.