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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;George Corell, post: 2041711, member: 72869&quot;]Actually, I bielive it does matter that you have taken the time and shown the interest with your reading.&nbsp; You are a far more informed numismatist than most.</p><p><br /></p><p>Equally interesting, you will find no mention of the Confederate half dollar in the official mint records from New Orleans. The only &quot;record&quot; of the coin exists in a series of letters written in 1879 by B.F. Taylor who was the head coiner at the mint. </p><p><br /></p><p>It is with this record and the inconsistencies therein that I take issue.&nbsp; Some of his statements some 18 years after the fact contradict matters contained in official records.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again, my hat is off to you for your efforts to be informed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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