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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lincolncent, post: 999673, member: 22506&quot;]After doing plenty of research and looking at this coin through a loupe, I have determined that it is an early die state of the WB-104 variety (&quot;speared&quot; variety). The full spears aren&#039;t completely there but there are small die cracks all over that area. The &quot;real&quot; variety ranks as an R3 in this grade. This means that, just as I had hoped, it was minted by the Confederacy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is what I was really hoping for with this coin. The Civil War is one of my favorite time periods to study and now I have a cool piece of history from that area. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Just thought I&#039;d share this with y&#039;all since I&#039;m ecstatic (sp?). I plan on doing a lot of research on these coins (1861-O&#039;s) and I&#039;ll probably post all my findings and history on these (mostly history cause I love history). </p><p>Thanks,</p><p>Tyler</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>P.S. I&#039;m working on getting those pics for you Hobo. Not having too much success with my camera and/or lighting.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>EDIT: Forgot to put a link to the known varieties: <a href="http://www.stellacoinnews.com/index.php/seated-half-dollars-1861-o/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stellacoinnews.com/index.php/seated-half-dollars-1861-o/" rel="nofollow">http://www.stellacoinnews.com/index.php/seated-half-dollars-1861-o/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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