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1869-O BARBER HALF-DOLLAR AND OTHER ATTRIBUTION ERRORSAt the end of a blog post quoted in last week's issue, the author wrote: "Incredibly, that wasn’t the only find he made. In one of his last rolls of JFK half-dollars, the collector discovered an 1869-O Barber half-dollar! Unfortunately, this piece was far more damaged and not as rare, making it less valuable. Still, it’s a pretty good score for the price of a roll of half-dollars." The bolded information was spotted by Steve Tompkins, who writes: Just wondered how rare this coin might be...? Gee, and I thought the Barber series started in 1892...but...this is a bit too new for the stuff I collect...perhaps I'm mistaken...
Good catch. This is probably a typo for 1896-O. But that’s not the only funny thing about this article.
-Editor
An E-Sylum reader writes: Great issue! The referenced story on the 1861-O "Confederate" Seated half dollar being found in a roll appears to have been lifted from a Coin World story published a few weeks ago, with a general picture added. To read the complete original Coin World article, see: Collector expecting Kennedy halves discovers 1861-O Seated Liberty half dollar in 20-coin Kennedy 50¢ roll (www.coinworld.com/insights/collector-discovers-1861-o-half-dollar-in-roll.all.html)
To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
"CONFEDERATE" 1861-O HALF FOUND IN KENNEDY ROLL
(www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n31a16.html)
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