Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Coin: silver 1/2 dollar, accession number 2-34574, described as Seated liberty half dollar, 1859, minted in New Orleans. "L F" carved crudely into obverse. Obverse: date - Liberty seated right, head left. Left hand holds pole with liberty cap on tip, right hand rest on shield resting on ground. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICAHALF DOL. - Eagle facing, shield on breast, head left.