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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 399782, member: 66&quot;]I agree WB-104 also known in Wiley&#039;s expanded die study on the 1861-O&#039;s as W-15.&nbsp; It was the last variety struck by the Confederacy before they closed down the New Orleans Mint. It is also an interesting piece because it pairs the last rev die, only used by the Confederacy, with a resurrected Obv 1 that was originally used by the Union in January before the State of Louisiana took over the Mint.&nbsp; There are actually two different varieties with the speared olive reverse W-14 and W-15. W-14 is the one mentioned with the vertical crack through the left edge of the 6. (WB-103)</p><p><br /></p><p>There were actually six different varieties struck by the Confederacy. W-9 to W-11, and W-13 to W-15. (W-12 was the half with the Confederate reverse.)</p><p><br /></p><p>The W-11 variety with the die crack to the bridge of Liberty&#039;s nose is much harder o cherrypick because it is much better known and many dealers know they can get a premium for it because it was struck by the Confederacy and the obv was used to strike the four Confederate rev half dollars.&nbsp; (The W-11 variety comes both with and without the crack to the nose.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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