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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;mackwork, post: 1921215, member: 35676&quot;]Still one of my favorite coins, even with the hole. Through die research done by Randall Wiley, I was able to identify it as from the last batch of halves struck in New Orleans by the confederates, before the mint was shut down in 1861, due to a lack of silver and the war. I&#039;d like to think it was worn around the neck of a confederate soldier or southern sympathizer.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s153.photobucket.com/user/mackwork/media/Coins/1861OResized.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s153.photobucket.com/user/mackwork/media/Coins/1861OResized.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s205/mackwork/Coins/1861OResized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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