New Orleans' strategic location along the Mississippi River made it a magnet for commercial activity. Large quantities of gold from Mexico also passed through its port annually.
The New Orleans Mint
When the New Orleans mint was opened on May 8, 1838, the South was the dominant section of the nation.
Note also that the O for mintmark New Orleans is more a 0 (zero).
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New Orleans Mint
The New Orleans opened its doors in 1838 and minted gold and silver coins until 1861, when the Confederates took over operations for a short time. Minting resumed in 1879 minting and continued until 1909.
New Orleans The branch Mint established in 1838 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It struck coins for the United States until its seizure in 1861 by the Confederacy.
New Orleans: the official U.S. Mint at New Orleans, Louisiana that struck coins from 1838 to 1909.
NGC: abbreviation for the Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (a third-party, independent grading service).
New Orleans Mint: 923,725 pieces coined, for a face value of $4,618,625.
San Francisco Mint: 28,028,008 pieces coined, for a face value of $140,140,040
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New Orleans Mint
Branch mint operated in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1838 until 1861 and again from 1879 to 1909. This mint uses the "O" mintmark.
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New Orleans Mint (1838-1909): In 1838, due to increasing commerce on the Mississippi River and in the Gulf of Mexico, a mint was opened at the foremost trading center in the area, New Orleans, Louisiana.
New Orleans
US Mint at New Orleans, LA. Issued coins from 1838-1909. Mintmark is 'O' Get Site info
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New Orleans coins are likewise spectacular as are the issues from the San Francisco Mint.
New Orleans double eagles are among the most popular series with gold coin collectors. They were produced from 1850 to 1861 and again in 1879.
New Orleans (two):
5) 1892-1909 - previously used on Seated Liberty Dimes - fat sides connected by thin lines at top and bottom.
6) 1905 - "Micro" mintmark ...
O - New Orleans, Louisiana
S - San Francisco, California
CC - Carson City, Nevada
D - Denver, Colorado ...
(O) New Orleans, Louisiana, 1838 to 1909.
Moneyer - An authorized mint master or coiner.
Motto - An inspirational word or phrase used on a coin.
Louisiana, New Orleans - $5/5 Piastres Citizens' Bank of Louisiana (1833-1911)
Unissued, Unsigned (1850s-1860s)
Notes Payable at Parent Bank in New Orleans
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Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edson, New Orleans; American Bank Note Co. monogram ...
O mint mark - New Orleans mint
OMM
Over Mint Mark. Two different mint marks.
Winter, Douglas, New Orleans Mint Gold Coins 1839-1909, Bowers and Merena Galleries, Wolfeboro, NH, 1992.
Mints
Philadelphia, New Orleans, Carson City, San Francisco
Mink Mark Location
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O Mintmark used to signify coins struck at the New Orleans, Louisiana branch Mint. O-Mint Term used for the coinage of the branch Mint in New Orleans, Louisiana. obverse The front, or heads side, of a coin. Usually the date side.
See Carson City, Charlotte, Denver, Delognega, New Orleans, San Francisco, and West Point. brilliant uncirculated - a descriptive term used to indicate an uncirculated coin that still retains a lot of the brilliant luster.
Three Cent Silver - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark except the 1851 New Orleans issue, reverse side.
Shield Nickels - all coined at Philadelphia with no mint mark.
Farragut, on 24: April, had won a brilliant naval victory over the twin forts above the mouths of the Mississippi, which resulted in the capture of New Orleans and the control of the lower Mississippi.
Type One Double Eagle: A United States twenty dollar gold piece struck at either the Philadelphia, New Orleans or San Francisco mints between 1850 and 1866.
For example, when discussing the history of the New Orleans Mint, the usage of that mint by confederate forces beginning in 1861 comes up quickly.
The three-year series contains five date and mint combinations, as Arrows dimes were minted in Philadelphia (no mintmark) every year and in New Orleans (O) in 1853 and `54. Mintmarks can be found above the bow of the wreath.
Yet another was established in New Orleans, Louisiana as well. The Classic Head quarter-eagle (and its older sibling the Classic Head Half Eagle) were the first U.S. gold coins to be struck at branch mints.
Over 175 million of the Legend Obverse Seated Liberty dimes were produced from 1860 through 1891 at four mints: Philadelphia (no mintmark), New Orleans (O), Carson City (CC) and San Francisco (S).
What really excited me in this collection, though, were the New Orleans half eagles. They were amazing; probably the finest set ever assembled. The one coin that I really, really wanted to buy was the 1842-O graded MS63 by NGC.
world-wide; its fame is based on unparalleled United States rarities (Figure 4), among which are the Brasher doubloon of 1787, the half eagle of 1822 (Figure 3), two 1804-dollars (Figures 6 & 7), the 1838 proof half dollar struck at the New Orleans ...
On United States coins, "S" represents San Francisco, "O," New Orleans, "D" on 19th century coins represents Dahlonega, Georgia, "D" on 20th Century coins means Denver, Colorado, "CC" represents Carson City, Nevada, "C" means Charlotte, ...
The New Orleans Mint's
coining privileges were suspended during the Civil War as punishment to the host
city. The punishment was rescinded in 1879. The New Orleans Mint ...
Very good examples of soft struck coins are certain Morgan dollars from the New Orleans Mint. In order to prolong the life of the coin dies, the pressure of striking the coins was reduced. This produced coins with rounded shallow detail.
O Mint - Located in New Orleans, Louisiana. Operated from 1838 until 1861 and agian from1879 until 1909.
original - Term used for an original coin that has never been cleaned are polished.
In fact, some mints (particularly New Orleans, Charlotte and Dahlonega) were usually allocated the poorer condition presses and dies. Therefore these mints tended to produce a worse than average coin in terms of strike.
* None (Philadelphia Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* O (New Orleans Mint in New Orleans, Louisiana)
* D (Denver Mint in Denver, Colorado)
* S (San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, California) ...
U.S. Morgan silver dollar, dateless but with an O mint mark for New Orleans, grading Poor-1, with wear concentrated near the edge, indicating that this coin must have have been used as a pocket piece for a long time ...
Mints: Minted in Philadelphia (1908-1915, 1929), Denver (1908-1911 and 1914), San Francisco (1908-1916) and New Orleans (1909). The mintmarks ('D', 'S' and 'O') are located on the reverse, just to the left of the arrow point.
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1846 O $2.5 Liberty Gold Coin MS-64
Graded by NGC
Pre-Civil War New Orleans gold doesn't come graded much finer than this. This gold coin is very flashy and well-struck on both sides.
The mintmark of the U.S. branch mint at New Orleans, Louisiana, active from 1838-1861, and again from 1879-1909.
Obsolete
A coin design or type that is no longer being minted.
Dies were made for a Confederate cent, but only twelve were made, numismatists say. At the New Orleans Mint, half dollar rare coins were made with a Union obverse and a Confederate reverse.
The Large Indian Head design gold dollar struck from mid-1854 until 1855 in Philadelphia, Charlotte, Dahlonega, and New Orleans while San Francisco did not receive the new dies before the end of 1856 and struck Type Two coins during that year.
C = Charlotte, NC (1838-1861)
D = Dahlonega (1838-1861)
CC = Carson City (1870-1893)
D = Denver (1906-Pres)
O = New Orleans (1838-1909)
P = Philadelphia (1793-Pres)
S = San Francisco (1854-Pres)
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The Philadelphia Mint (no mintmark) struck all dates from 1840 to 1865 inclusive; New Orleans (O), struck dollars dated 1846, 1850, 1859 and 1860; the San Francisco Mint (S), struck this type dollar only in 1859.
The pistareen circulated in colonial Latin America, throughout the West Indies, Florida, New Orleans, and in Canada as well as in the British colonies.
Branch Mint - Any US Mint other than Philadelphia. The first Branch Mints were established in the late 1830's in Charlotte, Dahlonega and New Orleans.
Brass - A yellowish alloy consisting mainly of copper and zinc.
In other words, the New Orleans mint used a tool to produce the "O" that was for the smaller quarter. Apparently this was noticed rather quickly and fixed as there are only a handful of micro-O's known to exist.
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Past U.S. Mints include
(C) Charlotte, North Carolina, 1838-1861
(CC) Carson City, Nevada, 1870 to 1893
(D) Dahlonega, Georgia, 1838-1861
(O) New Orleans, Louisiana, 1838-1909 ...
Those without a mint mark, what a collector calls "plain," were made in Philadelphia.
CC is for Carson City, Nevada
S is for San Francisco, California
D is for Denver, Colorado
O is for New Orleans, Louisiana ...
In 1853 the Conservative party, led by Lucas Alamán and working with General Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, seized power. Many liberals, including Juárez, were expelled from Mexico. Juárez spent his exile in New Orleans working various odd jobs to make ...
While there is a premium for well struck coins, the primary determination of value is from wear. Some coins are nearly always weakly struck. For example, early coins from New Orleans often show weakness in striking.
This may have been so at the time, but soon millions of dollars of additional silver coins were smuggled into the country, mostly through southern ports. New Orleans was inundated with Spanish silver and made a good job of cranking out coins (mostly ...
(relatively new, reputation unknown) O New Orleans (Louisiana). Mintmark, 1838-1861,1879-1909. O# (O101-O128?) Overton number (1970). Die variety - Bust Half Dollars, 1794-1836. OMM Over MintMark. Two different mintmarks involved.
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