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SEATED LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS (1839-1891) NO MOTTO ON REVERSE (1839-1866) DATE MINTAGE FOR CIRCULATION MINTAGE OF PROOFS NOTES 1839 1,972,400 est. 5 The variety without drapery at Liberty's elbow is worth 2-10 times the variety with drapery. 1840 1,435,008 est. 10 One interesting variety was struck at the New Orleans Mint using a reverse of 1838 without a mintmark! 1840-O 855,100 0   1841 310,000 est. 10   1841-O 401,000 0   1842 2,012,764 est. 5 The date comes in small and medium versions and the reverse comes with small and large letters. 1842-O 957,000 0 These come with Small Date and Small Letters (Reverse of 1839) or Medium Date and Large Letters (Reverse of 1842). 1843 3,844,000 est. 10   1843-O 2,268,000 0   1844 1,766,000 est. 5   1844-O 2,005,000 0 The double date variety has the original date cut way too high into the die. 1845 589,000 est. 5   1845-O 2,094,000 0 One scarce variety is lacks the drapery at Liberty's elbow because of over-zealous polishing of the die. 1846 2,210,000 est. 20 Look for the rare 1846/5 overdate. Date sizes vary and one interesting variety had the 6 of the date punched into the die horizontally, then corrected. 1846-O 2,304,000 0 Date sizes vary; the "Tall" date is the tougher one. 1847 1,156,000 est. 20 Look for the very rare 1847/6 overdate. 1847-O 2,584,000 0   1848 580,000 est. 5   1848-O 3,180,000 0   1849 1,252,000 est. 10   1849-O 2,310,000 0   1850 227,000 est. 5   1850-O 2,456,000 0   1851 200,750 est. 5   1851-O 402,000 0   1852 77,130 est. 10   1852-O 144,000 est. 5   1853-O est. 5 0 None were reported to have been minted! ARROWHEADS AT DATE, RAYS ON REVERSE (1853 ONLY) DATE MINTAGE FOR CIRCULATION MINTAGE OF PROOFS NOTES 1853 3,532,708 est. 10   1853-O 1,328,000 0   ARROWHEADS AT DATE, NO RAYS ON REVERSE (1854-1855) DATE MINTAGE FOR CIRCULATION MINTAGE OF PROOFS NOTES 1854 2,982,000 est. 30   1854-O 5,240,000 0   1855 759,500 est. 15 Look for the rare 1855/1854 overdate. 1855-O 3,688,000 0   1855-S 129,950 0   ORIGINAL DESIGN RESTORED (1856-1866) DATE MINTAGE FOR CIRCULATION MINTAGE OF PROOFS NOTES 1856 938,000 est. 30   1856-O 2,658,000 0   1856-S 211,000 0   1857 1,988,000 est. 75   1857-O 818,000 0   1857-S 158,000 0   1858 4,226,000 est. 200   1858-O 7,294,000 0   1858-S 476,000 0   1859 747,200 800   1859-O 2,834,000 0   1859-S 566,000 0   1860 302,700 1,000   1860-O 1,290,000 0   1860-S 472,000 0   1861 2,887,400 1,000   1861-O 2,532,633 est. 5 Some of these were struck under the auspices of the Confederacy using U.S. dies - unfortunately, there's no way to tell them apart. The extremely rare Confederate Half Dollars and the more common Restrikes were separate issues that still deserve mention here. 1861-S 939,500 0   1862 253,000 550   1862-S 1,352,000 0   1863 503,200 460   1863-S 916,000 0   1864 379,100 470   1864-S 658,000 0   1865 511,400 500   1865-S 675,000 0   1866 No Motto 0 Unique The debate continues on whether the 1866 No Motto Half Dollar is a transitional pattern or a clandestine, mint-made fantasy piece. 1866-S No Motto 60,000 0   WITH "IN GOD WE TRUST" ON REVERSE (1866-1891) DATE MINTAGE FOR CIRCULATION MINTAGE OF PROOFS NOTES 1866 With Motto 744,900 725   1866-S With Motto 994,000 0   1867 449,300 625   1867-S 1,196,000 0   1868 417,600 600   1868-S 1,160,000 0   1869 795,300 600   1869-S 656,000 0   1870 633,900 1,000   1870-CC 54,617 0 This is a very rare and popular date. 1870-S 1,004,000 0   1871 1,203,600 960   1871-CC 153,950 0   1871-S 2,178,000 0   1872 880,600 950   1872-CC 257,000 0   1872-S 580,000 0   1873 No Arrowheads at Date 801,200 600 Found with Open and Closed 3's. All of the Proofs are Closed 3's. The Open 3 is extremely rare. 1873-CC No Arrowheads at Date 122,500 0 Most were melted, making this an extremely rare issue 1873-S No Arrowheads at Date 5,000 0 None of these have ever been seen! ARROWHEADS AT DATE (1873-1874) DATE MINTAGE FOR CIRCULATION MINTAGE OF PROOFS NOTES 1873 1,815,150 550   1873-CC 214,560 0   1873-S 228,000 0   1874 2,359,600 700   1874-CC 59,000 0   1874-S 394,000 0   WITH MOTTO DESIGN RESTORED (1875-1891) DATE MINTAGE FOR CIRCULATION MINTAGE OF PROOFS NOTES 1875 6,026,800 700   1875-CC 1,008,000 0   1875-S 3,200,000 0   1876 8,418,000 1,150   1876-CC 1,956,000 0   1876-S 4,528,000 0   1877 8,304,000 510 Look for the rare 1887/6 overdate. 1877-CC 1,420,000 0   1877-S 5,356,000 0   1878 1,377,600 800   1878-CC 62,000 0   1878-S 12,000 0 Extremely scarce in all grades. 1879 4,800 1,100   1880 8,400 1,355   1881 10,000 975   1882 4,400 1,100   1883 8,000 1,039   1884 4,400 875   1885 5,200 930   1886 5,000 886   1887 5,000 710   1888 12,001 832   1889 12,000 711   1890 12,000 590   1891 200,000 600 Last year of the type. << BACK Have a question? Contact us here Have a friend who might be interested? Inform them about us now! Your E-mail: Your Name: Friend's E-mail: Friend's Name: Send to a Friend