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USA (New Orleans mint), Seated Liberty 50 cents, 1861-O, Louisiana issue (die W-07), NGC Shipwreck E

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USA (New Orleans mint), Seated Liberty 50 cents, 1861-O, Louisiana issue (die W-07), NGC Shipwreck E
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USA (New Orleans mint), Seated Liberty 50 cents, 1861-O, Louisiana issue (die W-07), NGC Shipwreck Effect / SS Republic Shipwreck Label. KM-A68. When Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, it continued to strike half dollars like this one at the New Orleans Mint. Coins struck after the state joined the Confederacy on March 21, 1861, placing control over the mint to the Confederate Treasury, are recognizable as from different dies. Mint State piece with patches of saltwater corrosion yet also retaining much luster and detail. Recovered from: S.S. Republic, sunk in 1865 off Georgia
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