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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mrbrklyn, post: 1435358, member: 4381&quot;][TABLE]</p><p>[TR]</p><p>[TD]<a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbian_obverse_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; [TD]&nbsp; [h=2]Coin Collecting at the Safir House</p><p>Seated Half Coins[/h]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; [TD] <a href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse.png" rel="nofollow"> <img src="http://www.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/columbia_reverse_sm.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [/TD]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TR]</p><p>&nbsp;[/TABLE]</p><p>&nbsp;[HR][/HR] There is a common misconception that the mid-19th century was a time of great modesty and&nbsp; victorian sensibilities.&nbsp; This preception is probably not correct as can be seen by many of the coins and other arts of the period.&nbsp; Stangely enough human sexuality was not discovered in the 1920&#039;s or the 1960&#039;s.&nbsp; <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/sitting_liberty_1847_obverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/sitting_liberty_1847_obverse.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/sitting_liberty_1847_obverse_sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> <a href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/sitting_liberty_1847_reverse.png" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/sitting_liberty_1847_reverse.png" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/coins/halfs/sitting_liberty_1847_reverse_sm.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a> </p><p>&nbsp;This 1847 silver half with a near naked &quot;liberty&quot; with a flag in hand, sitting in a relaxed pose was minted in New Orleans, as indicated by the &#039;O&#039; mint mark on the reverse under the eagle.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;By the way see the <a href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=19295" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.org/showthread.php?t=19295" rel="nofollow">discussion</a> on these coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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