^Lot 438 UNITED STATES, New Orleans mint, Seated Liberty half dollar, 1861-O, Confederate States issue (die W

UNITED STATES, New Orleans mint, Seated Liberty half dollar, 1861-O, Confederate States issue (die W-15), speared olive bud variety, NGC Shipwreck Effect (SS Republic Shipwreck Label). Nice example of this popular type struck in spring of 1861 under the authority of the Confederate States of America using the captured New Orleans Mint equipment and federal silver. Lustrous Mint State with some small corrosion spots around the rims yet otherwise bright with sharp design details. With wooden display box and DVD documentary. Recovered from: S.S. Republic, sunk in 1865 off Georgia
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