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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 801514, member: 13650&quot;]I don&#039;t quite understand what you guys are arguing here but I also don&#039;t know if you quite understand what the guy meant by &#039;confederate&#039; die crack. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t know all the details but it is known that when the Civil war started, the New Orleans mint was taken over and run by the confederacy for a brief time in 1861.&nbsp;&nbsp; For most coins that were made there that year, there is no way of verifying which ones were made by what side.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The half though (and maybe others) is thought to be able to be verified or be much more likely to have been made under the confederacy based on certain dies that were used including the die break.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;That&#039;s why the die crack on this half may be much more significant than on other halves of the same year or even same mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some collectors enjoy the nastalgia of it being a coin produced by confederate employees and therefore would pay a premium for that identifying mark.&nbsp; &nbsp; This is a very unique circumstance with this coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; I apologize if you already knew this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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