Can Anyone Tell Me What Mint Spat Out This Half Dollar ?

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seateddime48174 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 03/17/2011 9:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff

coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 01:32 am Philadelphia...no mint mark. Report this Post to the Staff
seateddime48174 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 09:14 am things arent always as they appear ... anyone else ? hint: the mintmark isn't too weak to see, and it wasnt removed Report this Post to the Staff
Scooby Due Pillar of the Community United States 4000 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 09:53 am Beijing? Report this Post to the Staff
seateddime48174 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 10:03 am lol no it wasnt beijing, Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 10:04 am New Orleans. Struck with an 1840 obverse and a leftover 1839 Bust half reverse with medium letters. (In 1839 the mintmark was on the obv in New Orleans and this reverse can be traced by the die cracks to a variety of the 1839-O bust halves.) Edited by Conder101 03/18/2011 10:07 am Report this Post to the Staff
seateddime48174 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 03/18/2011 6:14 pm we have a winner ! congrats to condor101 Report this Post to the Staff
Newbismatic Valued Member United States 380 Posts	Posted 03/19/2011 12:19 am Very interesting! Learning something new here! Report this Post to the Staff
coinguybrian Rest in Peace United States 5375 Posts	Posted 03/19/2011 12:27 am Oh true, that IS the reeded reverse...gotta look closer. Report this Post to the Staff
seateddime48174 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 03/19/2011 02:54 am the larger letters on the older die may not have been considered a significant enough difference at the time to not use the die when one was needed, or may have gone unnoticed altogether. the new orleans mint was responsible for some very scarce die pairings in its first few years, many of these die "mismatches" were probably the result of necessity rather than accident Edited by seateddime48174 03/19/2011 03:24 am Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 03/20/2011 1:36 pm Quote: New Orleans. Struck with an 1840 obverse and a leftover 1839 Bust half reverse with medium letters. (In 1839 the mintmark was on the obv in New Orleans and this reverse can be traced by the die cracks to a variety of the 1839-O bust halves.) Good call Conder! Excellent thread seateddime48174!! Thank you for posting this! VERY cool! I love stuff like this! Report this Post to the Staff
cperry8483 Valued Member United States 266 Posts	Posted 03/20/2011 1:40 pm Is this a particularly rare variety? I know some things that might be considered mint "errors" such as this are actually rather common, even to the point where it's the dominant variety minted in a particular year. Report this Post to the Staff
seateddime48174 Valued Member United States 161 Posts	Posted 03/20/2011 6:31 pm this variety is fairly tough, and the only "exciting" variety for the 1840-o Report this Post to the Staff
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