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.
Medium Date. Creamy surfaces with a sharp strike.
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.
Tall Date. Lustrous silver-gray surfaces.
Tall Date. Sharply stuck with original surfaces that have a blend of light gray shading and subtle gold hues. Only 8 'Tall Dates' grade finer at NGC with just 2 of these graded with 'mint state' designations.
Boldly struck and mostly white with a dusting of light gold and no heavy marks. Scarce in mint state despite a substantial mintage.
Light steel-gray.
Arrows and Rays. Medium steel-gray surfaces with a light overlay of gold hue.
Arrows and Rays. Sharply struck with frosty crisp white luster. Marks are minimal and of no significance.
Arrows and Rays. Intense silver-gray luster flows over very sharply struck surfaces and displays excellent eye appeal. Marks are trivial and few. Arrows and rays were added to the existing design in 1853 to denote a reduction in silver content. The following year, the rays were eliminated but the arrows remained. The result was this wonderful one-year type.
Light silver-gray surfaces with soft gold hue and touches of russet tint along the periphery.
Steel-gray shaded surfaces and sharp detail.
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 6 examples grade numerically finer at PCGS.
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.
CAC. A beautiful example with reflective mirrors and frosted devices. Faint gold dusting flows across the surface and touches of deep blue-gold toning clings to the periphery. Great eye appeal!
Satiny white and sharply struck. A popular Civil War date.