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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;MIGuy, post: 7845425, member: 116145&quot;]I like the Seated Liberty Half Dollars - and the 1861-O, though it is not uncommon, has an interesting provenance, (from Numismatic News):&nbsp;&nbsp; In January of 1861 Louisiana was still technically in the Union and during that period of time it appears that there was a mintage of 330,000 1861-O half dollars. Then Louisiana seceded from the Union, and the facility was seized by the state.</p><p>Finding dies and silver, it appears that Louisiana was responsible for the production of an additional 1,240,000 1861-O half dollars. Then it joined the Confederate States of America and since there was still silver and the dies were still there, under Confederate control an additional 962,633 1861-O half dollars were produced. In the end, the 1861-O was produced under three different authorities - the Union, the State of Louisiana, and CSA.&nbsp; Here&#039;s my graffiti / holed example in VF35, I hope to obtain a nicer example one day, but this one has character.[ATTACH=full]1350357[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1350358[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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