Seated Liberty Half Dollars were minted from 1839 to 1891. They were made in Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San Francisco.
Many minor design changes were made over the years. There are many scarce and rare dates in the Seated Liberty Half Dollar series.
Sharply struck with rich satiny luster and a light dusting of gold toning. Only a single MS-65 has graded finer at PCGS.
Small Date, Reverse of 1842. Sharp detail with rich toning and vivid underlying luster.
Small Date, Reverse of 1842. Two and a half times rarer than the medium date and even scarcer in high grade. This is a choice example with original surfaces displaying a satiny white core that is framed by delicate gold toning at the rim.
Doubled Date. FS-001. All digits in the date are dramatically doubled with the first punching far too high and into the base of Miss Liberty. This example has beautiful original silver-gray surfaces with a subtle hint of gold. The surfaces are lustrous and nearly mint state and examples are seldom seen this nice. Only 4 have graded finer at NGC, all AU-58. A high quality example of this dramatic variety.
Medium Date.
Boldly struck and mostly white with a dusting of light gold and no heavy marks. Scarce in mint state despite a substantial mintage.
Blast white frosty luster and a great strike. A fairly large mintage of 2,310,000, yet very few have survived in mint state.
Arrows and Rays. Sharply struck with frosty crisp white luster. Marks are minimal and of no significance.
Arrows. Very well struck with crisp mint luster and nice clean fields. Blows away the typical MS-62 coin!
1856/1856-O. FS-301. Repunching shows on all four digits of the date. This is a sharply struck coin with bright luster beneath gray-russet toning.
Well struck with nice original lustrous crisp white surfaces Nearly 2 million minted but surprisingly scarce in mint state.
A rare issue with a mintage of 50. This example displays richly mirrored champagne-gold surfaces with touches of lavender-blue along the periphery. Only 2 non-cameo and 1 cameo examples grade numerically finer at PCGS.
From the first year proof coinage was sold in sets to the general public. Approximately 300 minted. Mint records show 210 sets sold and an additional number of coins were probably sold individually. PCGS estimates that 80 to 100 have survived in all grades. Very scarce with a Cameo designation with just 8 such occurrences at NGC and PCGS combined. This is a beautiful and deeply mirrored example with clean icy fields and strong frost on the design. The surfaces are exceptionally clean and the eye appeal is outstanding.
Thick frosty luster and a sharp strike.
A rich blend of lavender-gold tone covers exceptionally nice mirrored surfaces. A blue-green ring clings to the peripheries. Only 800 minted during the first year that proofs were sold to the public by the U. S. Mint.
Sharply struck with frosty white mint luster and touches of faint violet-gold accents along the outer core.
Very attractive with nicely mirrored fields and frosted devices.
A beautiful brilliant proof with deep reflective fields and heavily frosted design features. The surfaces are devoid of significant marks and lines, and the eye appeal is exceptional!