Seated Liberty Half Dimes were made from 1837 to 1873 with quite a few minor type variations. Seated Liberty Half Dimes were minted at Philadelphia, New Orleans and San Francisco.
Lots of scarce and rare dates exist in this popular series with the 1870-S Seated Liberty Half Dime being the ultimate rarity – only a single example is known!
Lustrous silver-white with outer core tone.
No Stars, Large Date. Sharply struck and mark-free with mostly white lustrous surfaces. Popular as a first year Seated Half Dime with the short-lived 'No Stars' obverse.
No Stars. Sharply struck and lustrous with no obvious 'rub'. The first New Orleans mint Seated Half Dime with a mere 70,000 minted.
No Drapery.
CAC. Well struck with lustrous surfaces that have a delicate golden hue. One of the key dates in the Seated Half Dime series and tough to find in any grade.
Rich gunmetal-gray surfaces and well detailed. Just 27,000 minted with few surviving in any grade and only 3 pieces with a mint state designation at PCGS.
Large Date. Peripheral area tone.
Blended champagne hue and silver-gray surfaces.