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.
Well struck silver-gray surfaces with a hint of gold tint.
Small Date, Reverse of 1842. Sharp detail with rich toning and vivid underlying luster.
Medium Date. Creamy surfaces with a sharp strike.
Small Date. Reverse of 1842. Sharply struck with satiny white surfaces. Clean for the grade. About two and a half times scarcer than the Medium Date.
CAC. Medium Date. Very sharply struck with lustrous silver-gray surfaces and golden toning that is mostly concentrated along the periphery.
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.
Medium Date. Sharply struck silver-gray surfaces with a sprinkle of olive-gold and turquoise toning.
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.
Arrows and Rays. Medium steel-gray surfaces with a light overlay of gold hue.
Arrows and Rays. Sharply struck with frosty crisp white luster and choice surfaces. A popular one year sub-type.
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.
A rare issue with a mintage of just 50. This example displays richly mirrored champagne-gold surfaces with touches of lavender-blue along the periphery. Only 5 examples grade numerically finer at PCGS.
MPD WB-102. A mintage of 818,000 with very few surviving in high grade. PCGS has graded just 18 mint state coins with an MS-64 being the finest. This example is very well struck with nice crisp white luster and strong eye appeal.
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.
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!