Civil War Cut Short ‘O’ Mint Half Dollar Run

by NumisMaster on October 9, 2009

in Coin Collector Education, NumisMaster, U.S. Coins

Large silver coins are always interesting, but that usually means large numbers of collectors and sometimes high prices. The New Orleans Seated Liberty half dollar may be an exception to that rule as there is relatively little collector interest and that translates into good values on what are historic and very interesting issues.

The New Orleans facility at the time that the new Seated Liberty design was being introduced was still new. New Orleans had been approved as a branch mint in 1838 at the same time as Dahlonega, Ga., and Charlotte, N.C., but there is no doubt ...

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