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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2509207, member: 71723&quot;]Having VERY recently toured the New Orleans Mint building, I can confidently report that the Mint employees continued to serve admirably under all three jurisdictions in 1861, almost as if nothing had changed. Locally and physically, nothing had yet changed. The blockade of New Orleans took some time to become effective. At the moment, nobody knew if the changes were going to be 5 years or 5 days. There was a sign describing the whole issue. The ground floor of the museum has a very nice display going right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>They only stopped when they ran out of silver.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can easily tell which 1861-O&#039;s are under Federal vs. Confederate authority. When you drop a federal one on a hard surface, it goes &quot;CLINNNNGGG!&quot; The confederate ones go &quot;CLINNNNGGG, y&#039;all.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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