Issuer | United States |
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Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
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Type | Standard circulation coin |
Years | 1856-1866 |
Value | ½ Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD) |
Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
Composition | Silver (.900) (.100 copper) |
Weight | 12.44 g |
Diameter | 30.6 mm |
Thickness | 2.15 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Number |
N# 14904
Numista type number (https://en.numista.com/help/what-is-the-n-number-visible-in-the-catalogue-33.html)
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References |
KM# A68 ![]() And 5 more volumes. |
Seated Liberty looking right above her shoulder, with a cap on a stick and a shield, 13 stars around
Lettering: 1860
Eagle with arrows and olive branch in talons
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HALF DOL.
Reeded
United States Mint, Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) | |
O | United States Mint, New Orleans, United States (1835-1942) |
S | United States Mint, San Francisco, United States (1854-date) |
The standard weight of these coins was 192 grains.
1861O
1866S
Information about the 1861-O half dollar:
2,532,633 half dollars were struck in the New Orleans, Louisiana Mint in 1861, using dies prepared by the Philadelphia Mint and sent to New Orleans in December 1860. Only 330,000 were struck while the New Orleans Mint was under the control of the United States of America (USA) government (in January 1861). Another 1,240,000 were struck after Louisiana left the Union (USA), but before they joined the Confederate States of America (CSA). At least one source has indicated that they were struck with the approval/permission of the CSA Government. 962,633 were struck after Louisiana joined the CSA. Since the coins were struck with U.S. Mint dies, to the standards of USA coins (and using the same staff that had worked for the Mint under USA control), the USA decided to permit the coins to remain in circulation after the Civil War (war between the USA and the CSA). A sequence of die usage has been researched, which indicates which coins were struck under USA control. On average, only 1 of 8 pieces was minted for the USA. One obverse die used while the New Orleans Mint was operating under the CSA government had a die crack running from Liberty's nose to the edge. Coins with this crack can be positively attributed to the CSA. This die was also used for one side of the Confederate shield half dollars.
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Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | |||
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Undetermined | ||||||||||||
1856 | 938 000 | 7% | ||||||||||
1856 | 0.8% | Proof | ||||||||||
1856 O | 2 658 000 | $ 63 | 14% | |||||||||
1856 S | 211 000 | 0.8% | ||||||||||
1857 | 1 988 000 | 9% | ||||||||||
1857 | 0.8% | Proof | ||||||||||
1857 O | 818 000 | 4% | ||||||||||
1857 S | 158 000 | 1.0% | ||||||||||
1858 | 4 225 700 | 14% | ||||||||||
1858 | 300 | 1.8% | Proof | |||||||||
1858 O | 7 294 000 | $ 25 | $ 42 | $ 42 | $ 69 | $ 137 | 29% | |||||
1858 S | 476 000 | 3% | ||||||||||
1859 | 747 200 | 3% | ||||||||||
1859 | 800 | 0.8% | Proof | |||||||||
1859 O | 2 834 000 | $ 96 | 10% | |||||||||
1859 S | 566 000 | 1.8% | ||||||||||
1860 | 302 700 | 1.5% | ||||||||||
1860 | 1 000 | 0.8% | Proof | |||||||||
1860 O | 1 290 000 | 4% | ||||||||||
1860 S | 472 000 | 3% | ||||||||||
1861 | 2 887 400 | $ 77 | $ 83 | 11% | ||||||||
1861 | 1 000 | 1.0% | Proof | |||||||||
1861 O | 2 532 633 | 9% | ||||||||||
1861 O | 0.5% | Minted by the CSA, distinguished from other 1861 O coins by an obverse die crack | ||||||||||
1861 S | 939 500 | 4% | ||||||||||
1862 | 253 000 | 0.8% | ||||||||||
1862 | 550 | 0.5% | Proof | |||||||||
1862 S | 1 352 000 | $ 28 | 8% | |||||||||
1863 | 503 200 | 2% | ||||||||||
1863 | 460 | 0.8% | Proof | |||||||||
1863 S | 916 000 | 3% | ||||||||||
1864 | 379 100 | 1.8% | ||||||||||
1864 | 470 | 0.8% | Proof | |||||||||
1864 S | 658 000 | 3% | ||||||||||
1865 | 511 400 | 1.5% | ||||||||||
1865 | 500 | 0.8% | Proof | |||||||||
1865 S | 675 000 | 2% | ||||||||||
1866 | 1 | 0.8% | Not a regular issue | |||||||||
1866 S | 60 000 | 1.5% |
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