1861-O Seated 50C (1861-O Half Dollar) ANACS G4. This Civil War
dated, New Orleans Mint 1861-O Half Dollar is graded Good 4, a
collectable grade. The coin is appropriately graded in that all
the letters and numbers on the coin aside from LIBERTY show on
both sides, and the rims are acceptable for the grade. The
devices are lightly toned and the fields are darker, especially
towards the rims. Authorized to produce gold and silver, the New
Orleans Mint struck quarter eagles and dimes in 1839. It
operated from 1838 to 1909. In that time period 427 million
silver and gold coins with the O mintmark were coined. By the
mid 1850’s denominations made in New Orleans included three cent
silver pieces, half dimes, dimes, quarters, half dollars, silver
dollars, gold dollars, quarter eagles, three dollar pieces, half
eagles, eagles, and double eagles. The first deposit was of
Mexican dollars which amounted to more than 32,400 dollars. The
first coins struck were Liberty Seated Dimes. Each year between
the beginning of Aug