1/2 Dollar USA (1776 - ) Silver

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Denomination:

1/2 Dollar (about Dollar)

Metal:

Silver

State:

USA (1776 - )

Issue year(s):

1839-1891

Catalog reference:

Diakov-:

KM-68 (1)

Liberty Seated Half Dollar

Type 1 – No Motto (1839-1853)

Designer – Engraver: Christian Gobrecht
Metal Composition: 90% Silver – 10% Copper
Diameter: 30.6 mm
Mass / Weight: 13.36 grams

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1848. Ex S.S. Central America Treasure. PCGS Certified with the Gold Sticker. Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900 Categories: Seated Liberty Half Dollars

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1847-O. Ex S.S. Central America Treasure. PCGS Certified with the Gold Sticker. Estimated Value $1,800 - 1,900 Categories: Seated Liberty Half Dollars

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1839 Drapery. MS-60. Nicely toned. Well struck. Consigned too late for 3rd party grading. Has a short line on the arm holding the staff. Half dollars were in transition in 1834-40, with many Types and varieties, some with multiples in any one year, as happened in 1839. This is the final 1839 S ...

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1862. PCGS graded Proof 64 Cameo. CAC Approved. Only 550 minted. A beautifulwhite Proof, cameo frosted on the main devices as well as the tops of the stars, date digits and legends. This frost against mirror field gives a coin its cameo contrast. The job was superbly done by the mint in 1862, ...

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1857. NGC graded MS-64. A hint of gold tone. The border area with the stars show full strike on each, with equally impressive centers in the main devices. With the Congress adjusting the weight of silver coins per the Act of 1853, this allowed for sufficient coins in circulation for the first ...

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Posted by: anonymous 2015-02-28
1857. NGC graded Proof 67. Gorgeous blue and golden toning. A nice boldly struck coin. The Phil Kaufman 1857 Proof half dollar, pedigreed to the John Work Garrett Collection (which incidentally is noted on the NGC insert), ranks in the top two or three of the 70 coins certified by NGC and PCGS ...

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Variations and designs of 1/2 Dollar USA The half dollar coin, with a denomination of 50 cents, has undergone various designs and variations throughout the history of the United States. Here are some notable variations and designs of the half dollar:Early Half Dollars (1794-1836): The United States Mint produced early half dollars in several designs, including the Flowing Hair Half D ...

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scroodge / Silver Dollar Silver Dollars 1794-1935The silver dollar was authorized by Congress April 2, 1792. Weight and fineness were specified at 416 grains and 892.4 fine. The first issues appeared in 1794 and until 1804 all silver dollars had the value stamped on the edge: HUNDRED CENTS, ONE DOLLAR OR UNIT. After a lapse in coinage of the plain or reeded edges and ...

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1923-S Liberty Standing Quarter Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. Well struck with the head nearly full. Close examination suggests this is a full head. Lightly toned around the edges. A nice origin ...

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1919-S. PCGS graded MS-64. CAC Approved. A very popular key date. Light hint of gold tone on the obverse. A well struck near-Gem that has deep silvery mint frost from center to periphery. A few ...

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1876. PCGS graded Proof 65 Cameo. Blast white Gem Cameo Proof. Only 1,260 struck. The Twenty-cent piece, sometimes called a "double dime," had a brief appearance in the fourth quarter of the 19t ...

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