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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mackwork, post: 1426960, member: 35676&quot;]After re-reading the articles by Wiley, I&#039;ll have to admit I was in error on one point. There are 15 die marriages of the 1861-O, but one of these is indeed the one with the CSA reverse, of which 4 coins are known to have been minted. <b>Condor101 was correct, as he always is!</b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excerpt from the article I have by Randall E. Wiley:</p><p><br /></p><p>Die Marriages of 1861-O Half Dollars</p><p>By</p><p>Randall E. Wiley</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>&quot;A 15th die marriage is also</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>shown in the figure. This marriage is shown as marriage #12 in the emission sequence</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>where obverse 5 was taken from the normal coin press, paired with a uniquely prepared</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>Confederate States of America (CSA) reverse die for the striking of four specimen coins</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>on a special screw press, and subsequently returned to the normal coin press</i></span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff"><i>reestablishing its original die pairing with reverse E.&quot;</i></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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