Post a Coin from the New Orleans Mint "The Big Easy"

Eldorado9 · February 20, 2024 8:17AM

MS-66 CAC, one of my favorite's.

OnlyGoldIsMoney · February 20, 2024 8:24AM

oldabeintx · February 20, 2024 8:27AM

Post- CSA Mintage.

LJenkins11 · February 20, 2024 8:27AM

oldabeintx · February 20, 2024 8:33AM

That is SOME A&R!

ms71 · February 20, 2024 8:35AM

oldabeintx · February 20, 2024 8:42AM

Someone post a '38 dime. I believe it was the first branch mint coin minted.

Manifest_Destiny · February 20, 2024 8:46AM

Mr_Spud · February 20, 2024 8:50AM

tommy44 · February 20, 2024 9:00AM

oldabeintx · February 20, 2024 9:00AM

Super coins. Something about the way the "O" stands out. My granddaughter is a pre-med student at Tulane. Her 3X great grandfather graduated from there in 1861 when it was the University of Louisiana, at the time the CSA took over the mint. WWII museum is now a must-see. Great city.

LanLord · February 20, 2024 9:17AM

Here’s a dime from early in the service life of the mint in New Orleans.

LanLord · February 20, 2024 9:22AM

The dime and a younger, larger sibling are in the bottom row here with a bunch of northerners.

LukeMarshall · February 20, 2024 9:22AM

My birth city... here is the first gold coin they birthed from the New Orleans Mint, and one of my first coin purchases of 2024.

Forgive the terrible image, and I forgot get an image of the back before I put it up, but its unattributed Medal Turn -180 degree rotated die.

She's a worn out ole DOG living in a third party house of ill repute, but I still love her...

mattniss · February 20, 2024 10:15AM

PCGS 1904-O MS66 OGH

OKbustchaser · February 20, 2024 10:33AM

BillJones · February 20, 2024 12:09PM

Some of my better New Orleans Mint pieces.

skier07 · February 20, 2024 12:44PM

CoinHoarder · February 20, 2024 1:06PM

Last year of the New Orleans Mint coinage:

yosclimber · February 20, 2024 1:13PM

(not my coin)
The infamous "1840 (O)" half dollar which was made at the New Orleans mint,
but is missing the O mint mark because they used a reverse from the 1839-O bust half dollar
where the mint mark was on the obverse!
https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/coin/1840-o-50c-medium-letters/6233

This is a very interesting variety that pairs an 1840 Seated Liberty obverse with a reverse die that was used to strike a Capped Bust Half Dollar! Though this is quite unusual in itself, comparison with 1839 Capped Bust Half Dollars revealed that the reverse came not from a Philadelphia Mint coin, but from one minted at New Orleans! This can be explained by the fact that, in 1838 and 1839, the "O" mintmark was placed on the the obverse of the Half Dollar, not the reverse. So, it seems that the New Orleans Mint was practicing a little economy back in 1840, when it reused an old die from 1839 to strike 1840 Half Dollars. This is a perfectly reasonable thing to do and was not without precedent...it is just that dated obverses are a lot easier to tell than a reverse without a mintmark. Thankfully, research into die varieties on American coins has progressed far enough to make such a determination.

LJenkins11 · February 20, 2024 2:22PM

Here are some more Big Easy half dollars...

OAKSTAR · February 20, 2024 2:23PM

Sorry, I'm always the one bringing threads down a few notches! 😉

Smudge · February 20, 2024 2:46PM

Cranium_Basher73 · February 20, 2024 3:01PM

jayPem · February 20, 2024 3:22PM

Bought this one raw... once I got it graded it wasn't nearly as cool, so sold it off.
🥴

AntebellumGold · February 20, 2024 3:23PM

My family has deep roots in south Louisiana (we settled there in the 1760s), so I collect New Orleans coins specifically because that's what my ancestors would have used in their commerical activities. I'm working on a first year New Orleans gold set. I started with the hardest ones first... 1839-O Quarter Eagle, 1854-O $3, 1840-O Half Eagle, and the 1841-O Eagle. The Eagle was a tough one to find.