Liberty Seated Half Dollars
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- 1839 50c MS No Drapery
- 1839 50c MS Drapery
- 1840 50c MS Small Letters, Rev. 1839
- 1840-(O) 50c MS Medium Letters, Rev. 1838
- 1840-O 50c MS
- 1841 50c MS
- 1841-O 50c MS
- 1842 50c MS Small Date, Reverse of 1839
- 1842 50c MS Small Date, Reverse of 1842
- 1842 50c MS Medium Date
- 1842-O 50c MS Small Date, Reverse of 1839
- 1842-O 50c MS Medium Date, Reverse of 1842
- 1843 50c MS
- 1843-O 50c MS
- 1844 50c MS
- 1844-O 50c MS
- 1844-O 50c MS Double Date
- 1845 50c MS
- 1845-O 50c MS
- 1845-O 50c MS No Drapery
- 1846 50c MS
- 1846 50c MS Tall Date
- 1846 50c MS 6/Horizontal 6
- 1846-O 50c MS
- 1846-O 50c MS Tall Date
- 1847 50c MS
- 1847/46 50c MS (Early Die State)
- 1847-O 50c MS
- 1848 50c MS
- 1848-O 50c MS
- 1849 50c MS
- 1849-O 50c MS
- 1850 50c MS
- 1850-O 50c MS
- 1851 50c MS
- 1851-O 50c MS
- 1852 50c MS
- 1852-O 50c MS
- 1853-O 50c MS No Arrows
- 1853 50c MS Arrows & Rays
- 1853-O 50c MS Arrows & Rays
- 1854 50c MS Arrows
- 1854-O 50c MS Arrows
- 1855 50c MS Arrows
- 1855/54 50c MS Arrows
- 1855-O 50c MS Arrows
- 1855-S 50c MS Arrows
- 1856 50c MS
- 1856-O 50c MS
- 1856-S 50c MS
- 1857 50c MS
- 1857-O 50c MS
- 1857-S 50c MS
- 1858 50c MS
- 1858-O 50c MS
- 1858-S 50c MS
- 1859 50c MS
- 1859-O 50c MS
- 1859-S 50c MS
- 1860 50c MS
- 1860-O 50c MS
- 1860-S 50c MS
- 1861 50c MS
- 1861-O 50c MS
- 1861-O 50c MS CSA Obverse
- 1861-S 50c MS
- 1862 50c MS
- 1862-S 50c MS
- 1863 50c MS
- 1863-S 50c MS
- 1864 50c MS
- 1864-S 50c MS
- 1865 50c MS
- 1865-S 50c MS
- 1866-S 50c MS No Motto
- 1866 50c MS Motto
- 1866-S 50c MS Motto
- 1867 50c MS
- 1867-S 50c MS
- 1868 50c MS
- 1868-S 50c MS
- 1869 50c MS
- 1869-S 50c MS
- 1870 50c MS
- 1870-CC 50c MS
- 1870-S 50c MS
- 1871 50c MS
- 1871-CC 50c MS
- 1871-S 50c MS
- 1872 50c MS
- 1872-CC 50c MS
- 1872-S 50c MS
- 1873 50c MS No Arrows, Closed 3
- 1873 50c MS No Arrows, Open 3
- 1873-CC 50c MS No Arrows
- 1873 50c MS Arrows
- 1873-CC 50c MS Arrows
- 1873-S 50c MS Arrows
- 1874 50c MS Arrows
- 1874-CC 50c MS Arrows
- 1874-S 50c MS Arrows
- 1875 50c MS
- 1875-CC 50c MS
- 1875-S 50c MS
- 1876 50c MS
- 1876-CC 50c MS
- 1876-S 50c MS
- 1877 50c MS
- 1877/6 50c MS
- 1877-CC 50c MS
- 1877-S 50c MS
- 1878 50c MS
- 1878-CC 50c MS
- 1878-S 50c MS
- 1879 50c MS
- 1880 50c MS
- 1881 50c MS
- 1882 50c MS
- 1883 50c MS
- 1884 50c MS
- 1885 50c MS
- 1886 50c MS
- 1887 50c MS
- 1888 50c MS
- 1889 50c MS
- 1890 50c MS
- 1891 50c MS
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Series Overview: Liberty Seated Half Dollars
Liberty Seated half dollars were designed by Christian Gobrecht and struck from 1839 through 1891. The Liberty Seated motif was one of the longest-running designs in United States history and was seen on several silver coins. However, the design was modified over the course of the decades to accommodate changes to the coin?s physical weight and also to incorporate various elements that were added to or removed from the obverse and reverse.
The Liberty Seated half dollar varieties include:
Most Liberty Seated half dollars are readily available in the circulated grades, but several issues are considerably scarce, and the Variety 1 1853-O is among the rarest of all with just four known examples and a six-figure minimum price tag. The 1878-S also stands out as an exceedingly rare piece, with an original mintage of 12,000 and just 50 estimated to exist. Other scarce issues include the 1844-O doubled date, 1847 7 Over 6, 1870-CC, 1873 Open 3, 1874-CC, and 1878-CC. Meanwhile, virtually all Liberty Seated half dollars are conditionally scarce in the gem Mint State grades.
The Liberty Seated half dollar varieties include:
- Variety 1 ? No Motto Above Eagle (1839-1853)
- Variety 2 ? Arrows at Date, Rays Around Eagle (1853)
- Variety 3 ? Arrows at Date, No Rays (1854-1855)
- Variety 1 Resumed, With Weight Standard of Variety 2, 12.44 Grams (1856-1866)
- Variety 4 ? Motto Above Eagle (1866-1873)
- Variety 5 ? Arrows at Date (1873-1874)
- Variety 4 Resumed, With Weight Standard of Variety 5, 12.50 Grams (1875-1891)
Most Liberty Seated half dollars are readily available in the circulated grades, but several issues are considerably scarce, and the Variety 1 1853-O is among the rarest of all with just four known examples and a six-figure minimum price tag. The 1878-S also stands out as an exceedingly rare piece, with an original mintage of 12,000 and just 50 estimated to exist. Other scarce issues include the 1844-O doubled date, 1847 7 Over 6, 1870-CC, 1873 Open 3, 1874-CC, and 1878-CC. Meanwhile, virtually all Liberty Seated half dollars are conditionally scarce in the gem Mint State grades.
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