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<p>[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 5177137, member: 78244"]I just received a dream coin today! It is an 1861 O half dollar recovered from the SS Republic. What is special about it is that the obverse die that struck this coin was the same one that struck the 4 CSA reverse halves, meaning this coin was one of the handful officially struck by the Confederacy. It is also the same die state as those 4 halves, so it was struck very shortly before or after those were struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>What makes it even more special is the condition. I searched for years for the “right” example, one that had good luster and minimal saltwater damage. The reverse is a flashy UNC, and the obverse has a nice even microporosity that hasn’t destroyed the luster nor looks like an ugly crusty mess. You probably won’t find a nicer example of this variety from the SS Republic.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1211858[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211859[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211863[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TypeCoin971793, post: 5177137, member: 78244"]I just received a dream coin today! It is an 1861 O half dollar recovered from the SS Republic. What is special about it is that the obverse die that struck this coin was the same one that struck the 4 CSA reverse halves, meaning this coin was one of the handful officially struck by the Confederacy. It is also the same die state as those 4 halves, so it was struck very shortly before or after those were struck. What makes it even more special is the condition. I searched for years for the “right” example, one that had good luster and minimal saltwater damage. The reverse is a flashy UNC, and the obverse has a nice even microporosity that hasn’t destroyed the luster nor looks like an ugly crusty mess. You probably won’t find a nicer example of this variety from the SS Republic. [ATTACH=full]1211858[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211859[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211860[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211861[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211862[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1211863[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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