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Never ceases to amaze the garbage on scambay
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Looks like they sold three 1862-O Confederate Morgan dollars yesterday, ranging in price from $25 to $46 dollars. |
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For such a rare coin $26 isn't bad.
I like the answer to the question someone asked. It's o mint, 1862, no liberty on the shield. Ergo confederate. Never mind the Morgan reverse. They had incredible foresight.
That's what I like about the South.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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How do the design details compare the the very rare Confederate silver half dollar coin?
(My memory tells me that I saw one of these pictured in an encyclopedia decades ago)
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As the New Orleans mint was closed in 1861 (civil war) and didn't reopen until 1879, this coin is a fake. Also has a Morgan reverse.
Edited by mackwork
10/19/2014 09:05 am
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This coin is an obvious fake, but the Confederates did operate the New Orleans mint during the Civil War. For how long, I'm not sure, but they did make coins from New Orleans during the CW.
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LOL this seller posts that this is a Chinese fake in the listing.
Country/Region of Manufacture: China
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Year: 1862
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jmkendall - the New Orleans mint was taken over in early 1861, by the State Of Louisiana first, then the Confederacy after that "Mint operations were formally halted on June 1, 1861, thanks to less than ample bullion supplies, and other considerations." So, an 1862-O coin is an impossibility. http://www.us-coin-values-advisor.c...n_the_States |
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Formally halted on June 1st, but actual coinage operations ended in April 1861.
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Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert in their book The Complete guide to Liberty Seated half dollars state their opinion of the known die pairings for the 1861-O half: Quote:
We believe 3 marriages are credited to the Union, 7 to the State of Louisiana, and 5 to the Confederacy. This achievement was made possible when the authors were allowed to examine a hoard of approximately 220 circulated 1861-0′s recently acquired by local coin dealer Julian Liedman of Silver Spring, MD. The State of Louisiana took control of the Mint on January 31, 1861 and operated it until the last of February 1861 when it was turned over to the Confederacy which closed the mint on April 30, 1861. The 1861-O half dollar is the only U. S. coin to have been struck by three distinctly different governments with the same design, The United States of America, the State of Louisiana, and the Confederate States of America. |
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Interesting stuff folks! I appreciate the history lesson.
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They have change their distribution of the varieties since the first edition of the seated half book came out. It is now 2 varieties to the Union, and 6 each to the State and Confederacy. Plus the one Confederate Half dollar.
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