Old New Orleans Mint

[milco]

I was in New Orleans last week and stopped by to tour the museum in the old US Mint. Although I find a lot of old coins detecting I am not really a coin collector. Most of what I know about coins I have learned from a friend who is a collector and here on the forum. I am a big history buff and go to many museums, and I have to say I really enjoyed this self guided tour. If you get the chance I would highly recommend visiting this museum. Here's just a very small sample of what I saw there.

 

[Digger_O'Dell]

That's a cool trip! Funny how the coins are just mounted any which way, and many of those half dimes are in such worn condition.

 

[Donnie B]

Very interesting read. I have only found one coin in 22 years of detecting from the New Orleans mint. It is my only Half Dime, an 1856-0.

 

[Full Metal Digger]

Great post! I found one of those 1838-O half dimes with no stars in a cornfield here in Illinois. Only 70,000 were minted before they got the telegram from the Philadelphia mint telling them to stop because the coin had been redesigned (with stars)!

 

[Bucknut]

That would be a cool place to visit for sure. I have been fortunate to find 4 coins with O mint marks...1839 O Seated dime, 1840 O Seated Quarter, 1896 O Barber Quarter and 1899 O Barber dime.

 

[CoinKeepCheep]

That's a great peek into the past. The more you know, the better.