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<p>[QUOTE="swhuck, post: 821693, member: 21044"]The reverse looks different from the reverse on other seated halves largely because it's a holdover reverse from the Reeded Edge "Half Dol" variety. The die was prepared from a completely different hub than the Small Letters 1839-1842 variety and also from the Large Letters variety used from 1842 and subsequently.</p><p> </p><p>In fact, the 1840 reverse of 1838 half was struck in New Orleans, and is probably the only coin struck at that mint that can be proven to have been struck without a mintmark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="swhuck, post: 821693, member: 21044"]The reverse looks different from the reverse on other seated halves largely because it's a holdover reverse from the Reeded Edge "Half Dol" variety. The die was prepared from a completely different hub than the Small Letters 1839-1842 variety and also from the Large Letters variety used from 1842 and subsequently. In fact, the 1840 reverse of 1838 half was struck in New Orleans, and is probably the only coin struck at that mint that can be proven to have been struck without a mintmark.[/QUOTE]
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