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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 322500, member: 9204&quot;]Believe it or not, I miss US coins a little. So I went through and took a few scans to share here. I got this 1861 O half at a flea market about a little more than a year ago for $50. Its looks like it has an old cleaning (which I was aware of) and some *very* light grafitti in the right field, reading &quot; M K&quot;. I didn&#039;t notice that for about a month! I figure if I want, I could wear it off by hand. But I don&#039;t mind a few scratches of history. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, 1861 was the year that Louisiana and the New Orleans mint joined the Confederate States of America. Although it doesn&#039;t bear the diagnostic die-crack for US halves minted under the Confederacy, I recall reading that there was still a 70% chance that it was minted under either the Confederacy or the sovereign State of Louisiana. Very fun.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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