Seated Half Dollar Guide-Pictures

SEATED LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS (1839-1891)

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NO MOTTO ON REVERSE (1839-1866)

1839

1840

1840-O

1841

1841-O

1842

1842-O

1843

1843-O

1844

1844-O

1845

1845-O

1846

1846-O

1847

1847-O

1848

1848-O

1849

1849-O

1850

1850-O

1851

1851-O

1852

1852-O

1853-O

ARROWHEADS AT DATE, RAYS ON REVERSE (1853 ONLY)

1853

1853-O

ARROWHEADS AT DATE, NO RAYS ON REVERSE (1854-1855)

1854

1854-O

1855

1855-O

1855-S

ORIGINAL DESIGN RESTORED (1856-1866)

1856

1856-O

1856-S

1857

1857-O

1857-S

1858

1858-O

1858-S

1859

1859-O

1859-S

1860

1860-O

1860-S

1861

1861-O

1861-S

1862

1862-S

1863

1863-S

1864

1864-S

1865

1865-S

1866 No Motto

1866-S

No Motto

WITH "IN GOD WE TRUST" ON REVERSE (1866-1891)

1866 With Motto

1866-S With Motto

1867

1867-S

1868

1868-S

1869

1869-S

1870

1870-CC

1870-S

1871

1871-CC

1871-S

1872

1872-CC

1872-S

1873 No Arrowheads at Date

1873-CC No Arrowheads at Date

1873-S No Arrowheads at Date��

ARROWHEADS AT DATE (1873-1874)

1873

1873-CC

1873-S

1874

1874-CC

1874-S

WITH MOTTO DESIGN RESTORED (1875-1891)

1875

1875-CC

1875-S

1876

1876-CC

1876-S

1877

1877-CC

1877-S

1878

1878-CC

1878-S

1879

1880

1881

1882

1883

1884

1885

1886

1887

1888

1889

1890

1891

Cherry Picker's List:

1839 The variety without drapery at Liberty's elbow is worth 2-10 times the variety with drapery.

1840 Struck at the New Orleans Mint using a reverse of 1838 without a mint mark.

1842 The date comes in small and medium versions and the reverse comes with small and large letters.

1842-O These come with Small Date and Small Letters (Reverse of 1839) or Medium Date and Large Letters (Reverse of 1842).

1844-O The double date variety has the original date cut way too high into the die.

1845-O One scarce variety lacks the drapery at Liberty's elbow because of over polishing of the die.

1846 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 Date sizes vary; the "Tall" date is the tougher one.

1847 Look for the very rare 1847/6 overdate.

1853-O None were reported to have been minted.

1855 Look for the rare 1855/1854 overdate.

1861-O Some of these were struck under the auspices of the Confederacy using U.S. dies - unfortunately, there's no way to tell them apart.

1866 No Motto.

1870-CC This is a very rare and popular date.

1873 No Arrowheads at Date. 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.

1873-S No Arrowheads at Date.

1877 Look for the rare 1887/6 overdate.

1878-S Extremely scarce in all grades.