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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Paddy54, post: 3169408, member: 19250&quot;]I have to admit even as a half dime collector and variety collector this was off my radar.</p><p>As John stated it is rare and a great find if in deed if is the correct mint mark.</p><p>1839 New Orleans used 2 different mm on the reverse to mint some 1,060,000. H-10 minted.</p><p>The Large mm O was first used on the 1838 o half dimes. So they repurposed at least 1 38 o rev. Die.</p><p>Where it gets interesting is that the 3 major sorces on h 10&#039;s did disagree on a sm, med. And lg. Mm on 1839 o half dimes.</p><p>However...&nbsp; there are only 2 1839 O mm size . Med, and lg.... small doesn&#039;t exist.</p><p>Now consider this...the difference between the med. O and the Lg. O is .2 mm !</p><p>There is also some placement, and shape markers. Neither IMHO plus the .2 mm difference do I believe could be determined by the given images.</p><p>I do believe at 3 people decieded with a 30 return and the possible odds why not take a shot.</p><p>Here&#039;s another fact which amazed me in 1839 new orleans mint had 6 obv. And 6 rev. Dies as many times when you research the number of dies no records were kept.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; But at least 1 1838 O die was used or repurposed&nbsp; making me believe that one of the 6 4ev. Dies for 1839 was damaged and the 38 O rev. Used in its place.</p><p>Raw number to consider... so if 6 pairs of 1839 o&nbsp; minted 1,060,000. Divided by 6 = 176,666.66666* may of been* struck on each die set.</p><p>And again a nice vf 1839 O h-10 $100/120.&nbsp; But this definitely makes the point of one can never research enough as that extra read could mean a buy or pass on a very rare specimen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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