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1859-O Seated Liberty Half New Orleans. O mint mark. Raw. Grade: F–VF (F15–VF20). Date readable. Stars incomplete on the weak side. Liberty’s gown worn through the high points. Eagle and legend still there. O clear. Original gray — no bath. .900 silver. 12.44 g. ASW 0.360 oz. Mintage 2,628,000. Obv: Seated Liberty, cap and pole, 1859. Rev: Eagle, shield, O, HALF DOL. 1859: John Brown hits Harpers Ferry. The country stops pretending. Oregon is a state. Drake strikes oil in Pennsylvania. The Comstock Lode opens in Nevada. Darwin publishes. This half left New Orleans the last full year before the 1860 election tears it in two. Thanks for supporting the small guy and his Rare Coin Kiosk - Buy it NOW!