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<p>[QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 3407373, member: 31286"]Haha - but sometimes..... pretty interesting. Like for example the 1840 (O) half dollar that was minted in New Orleans with a new obverse die but a reverse die from 1838 (where it would have been used on a capped bust half) The 1838 reverse had no mint mark because previously mint marks were on the obverse. New obverse dies were available after a short time. About 10% of the year's production was made without the new reverse dies.[ATTACH=full]904885[/ATTACH] There is some extensive research on the few die pairs that were used to make this highly unusual branch mint half dollar.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="fiddlehead, post: 3407373, member: 31286"]Haha - but sometimes..... pretty interesting. Like for example the 1840 (O) half dollar that was minted in New Orleans with a new obverse die but a reverse die from 1838 (where it would have been used on a capped bust half) The 1838 reverse had no mint mark because previously mint marks were on the obverse. New obverse dies were available after a short time. About 10% of the year's production was made without the new reverse dies.[ATTACH=full]904885[/ATTACH] There is some extensive research on the few die pairs that were used to make this highly unusual branch mint half dollar.[/QUOTE]
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