SEATED HALVES

NEW BOOK AVAILABLE!  A Register of Liberty Seated Half Dollar Varieties, Volume I, San Francisco Branch Mint, by Bill Bugert.  Check it out on our Books page.  Seated half dollars in stock include an 1842-O Small Date, 1846-O Tall Date, 1847/1846, 1851, 1852, 1852-O, 1855-S, 1865, 1866-S NM, 1870-CC, 1871-CC, and many dates in the 1880's.  We would like to buy 1844-O doubled date, 1850, 1851, 1852, 1852-O, 1877/6, 1884, and 1885.

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Image	Description	Price
	1839 With Drapery Half, VF-25.        NEW	$250 Quantity:
	1839 With Drapery Half, VG-8.	$125 Quantity:
	1839 With Drapery Half, VG-8, cleaned.	$90 Quantity:
	1840-(O) Medium Letters Half, G-6, severe scratches above date and elbow to rim.	$175 Quantity:
	1840 Small Letters Half, VG-8, cleaned.	$85 Quantity:
	1840-O Half, micro o, VF-25/30.        NEW	$200 Quantity:
	1841 Half, F-12.        NEW	$200 Quantity:
	1841 Half, G-4, full obv. rim, scratch by stars 12 and 13.        NEW	$125 Quantity:
	1841, AG-3/Fr-2.        NEW	$75 Quantity:
	1841-O Half, Baseball Die Crack on reverse, later die state with additional die crack along bottom of OF AM, VF-20.  Very rare and in demand by variety collectors.  Another dealer has an VF-20 listed at $1,950.	$1,400 was 1600 Quantity:
	1842 Small Date Half, PCGS XF-45.  Large Letter Reverse, obviously.        ON HOLD	$400 Quantity:
	1842 Small Date Half, Large Letter Reverse, F-12 but weak LIBERTY.        NEW	$165 Quantity:
	1842 Medium Date Half, Fine-15, some ticks.	$130 Quantity:
	1842 Medium Date Half, WB-105 Triple Date, Late Die State with cud on reverse.        NEW	$500 Quantity:
	1842 Medium Date Half, WB-106 Recut 8 (R5), EF-45 with lustre.        NEW	$400 Quantity:
	1842-O Small Date Half, VF-20, an old cleaning.       ON HOLD	$2,000 was 2500 Quantity:
	1842-O Small Date Half, Full Good.       NEW	$875 Quantity:
	1843 Half, EF-45.       NEW	$145 Quantity:
	1844 Half, AU-55, dig in obv. shield, scratch by stars 3 - 7.	$425 Quantity:
	1844 Half, AU-50.       NEW	$395 Quantity:
	1844 Half, G-4+, scratch at date and right side of rock, lt. cleaning, pinscratches.	$50 Quantity:
	1845-O Half, Tripled Date, WB-106, VF-30, old cleaning.	$350 Quantity:
	1846 Tall Date Half, EF-40, an old cleaning but now retoning.	$180 Quantity:
	1846-O Tall Date Half, VF-20, WB-106, WB-8P.  Nice light grey toning, obv. scratches by stars 12 & 13, rim bump by star 2, rev. scratch from M thru wing to branch, rim nick at leaf.  Rev. starting to crack from rim to U of UNITED and rim to D of DOL.	$675 was 900 Quantity:
	1846-O Tall Date Half, Good-6, cleaned, WB-106.	$275 Quantity:
	1846-O Tall Date Half, Good-4, obv. scratches from left hand to toe, another left of the shield, WB-106.       NEW	$225 Quantity:
	1847 Half, AU-50, minor ticks.	$295 Quantity:
	1847/1846 Half, PCGS VG-10.  Early die state with strong overdate, all three digits (1, 4, 7) clearly visible.  Strongest example of the overdate I have seen.  Coin has had an old cleaning, but not enough to bother PCGS.  Rare variety, rarer still in an early die state with a strong overdate, and even rarer in a PCGS holder.	$4,450 Quantity:
	Close-up of the 1847/1846 Half, PCGS VG-10.  Early die state with strong overdate, all three digits (1, 4, 6) clearly visible.
	1848 Half, EF-40.       ON HOLD	$325 Quantity:
	1848 Half, WB-103, Recut 18, VF-30, rev. rim nick.	$275 Quantity:
	1848-O Half, EF-45 and with significant eye appeal.	$275 Quantity:
	1849 Half, EF-45.       NEW	$325 Quantity:
	1850 Half, EF-40, but coin is ex-jewelry, cleaned and pitted.       NEW	$695 Quantity:
	1850-O Half, EF-45, toned around the edges, a slight bit of microcorrosion on the portrait.	$275 Quantity:
	1851 Half AU-58 NGC.  One Seated half expert considers the 1851 to be the 2nd rarest collectible Seated half, after the 1878-S.  The scarcer WB-103 variety, with the repunched final 1 and the die crack at the bottom of the date.         SOLD	$SOLD Quantity:
	1851 Half, WB-103, AU and at the grading service.        NEW	$ Quantity:
	1851 Half, VF-20, significant punch mark above right corner of obv. shield.       NEW	$1,750 Quantity:
	1851-O Half, AU cleaned.	$475 Quantity:
	1852 Half, AU-58 PCGS, light grey toning, completely original.          SOLD	$SOLD Quantity:
	1852 Half, EF-45, slightly hairlined, still quite attractive.	$1,675 Quantity:
	1853 Half With Arrows and Rays, VF-30.	$160 Quantity:
	1853 Half "No Arrows or Rays" altered from I believe an 1858, AG-3, reverse scratches.  Why an 1858-O wasn't used, I don't know.	$50 Quantity:
	1853-O Half With Arrows and Rays, PCGS XF-40.	$595 was 725 Quantity:
	1855-S Half, PCGS VG-10.        NEW	$900 Quantity:
	1855-S Half, F-12, weak LIBERTY as usual for this date.        NEW	$750 Quantity:
	1855-S Half, F-12, weak LIBERTY as usual for this date, lt. cleaned.	$725 Quantity:
	1856-S Half, F-12.	$300 Quantity:
	1856-S Half, G-6 obv. / VG-10, cleaned.	$160 Quantity:
	1857-S Half, EF-45, Medium S, light silver, perhaps an old cleaning, very few marks, nice attractive coin.         ON HOLD	$750 Quantity:
	1857-S Half, G-6, Medium S, cleaned, sm. rim bump.	$135 Quantity:
	1857-S Half, G-4, Large S, 2 scratches rt. obv. field.	$140 Quantity:
	1859 Half, VF-30.	$150 Quantity:
	1860 Half, VG-8.        NEW	$95 Quantity:
	1861-O Half, Confederate Obverse WB-102, VF-25 obv. / VF-30 rev., clearly shows the die crack from the rim to the nose, which matches the die used for the 4 known Original Confederate half dollars.	$875 Quantity:
	1861-O Half, Confederate Obverse WB-102, VG, shows the die crack from the rim to the nose, which matches the die used for the 4 known Original Confederate half dollars.	$595 Quantity:
	1861-O Half, AU-55, cleaned but still with a prooflike appearance, pretty coin, issued by Louisiana.	$450 Quantity:
	1862 Half, Fine-12 but no E in LIBERTY.	$150 Quantity:
	1862 Half, VG-8.	$110 Quantity:
	1863 Half, AU-55.        NEW	$500 Quantity:
	1863 Half, VF-35.	$280 Quantity:
	1863 Half, VG-8.	$105 Quantity:
	1863 Half, Good-5.	$75 Quantity:
	1864 Half, VG-8, lt. clean, rim nick at star 4, ticks in fields.        NEW	$185 Quantity:
	1864-S Half, EF-40, WB-102, WB-4D, small wide perfect S, a rare R-4 variety, lightly toned over hairlines, some obv. roughness, minor pinscratches in fields.	$375 was 450 Quantity:
	1864-S Half, F-12, WB-102, WB-4D, small wide perfect S, a rare R-4 variety.	$100 Quantity:
	1865 Half, AU-50, cleaned.	$425 Quantity:
	1865 Half, F-12, a few minor marks.	$245 Quantity:
	1865 Half, VG-8, weak LIBERTY, lt. cleaned.        NEW	$115 Quantity:
	1865 Half, AG-3.        NEW	$55 Quantity:
	1865-S Half, VF-25 obv. / VF-30 rev., WB-102, WB-2 with two full cuds on the reverse.  The first cud is over TE of UNITED and includes the denticles.  The second cud is over STATE(S) and the denticles can still be seen.  The coin also has die cracks from the rim to U of UNITED, thru (STAT)ES OF A(MERICA), and from a denticle near the wing tip to the base of H(ALF).  I just checked with Bill Bugert and this die state was unknown to him, so you know it has to be rare.  A real interesting coin!                SOLD  So you missed out on this previously-unreported die state!	$SOLD Quantity:
	1865-S Half, Good-4.	$55 Quantity:
	1866-S Half, very weak S, F-15.	$135 Quantity:
	1866-S No Motto Half, VG-8, pinscratch, rim bump.	$500 Quantity:
	1867 Half, VG-8, cleaned.	$75 Quantity:
	1868 Half, WB-102, Recut 18_8, (R4), EF-40, a few small nicks.        NEW	$395 Quantity:
	1870-CC Half, G-4/5, at the grading service.        NEW	$ Quantity:
	1871 Half, AU-55 dipped, but a very nice looking coin.	$225 Quantity:
	1871-CC Half, PCGS VF-35.        LOWERED PRICE	$2,650 was 2950 Quantity:
	1871-CC Half, EF-40, slightly rough, with letter from a laboratory determining content of 97.4% silver, 2.3% copper, and 0.2% nickel.  Lab test was requested by NGC.  The high silver content with much less alloyed metal explains the roughness that affects early CC mint silver coins.  Interesting historical item!	$2,000 was 2500 Quantity:
	1871-CC Half, G-4 minus / G-4+.        NEW	$575 Quantity:
	1871-CC Half, AG-3 obv. / G-4 rev., rev rim bump, cleaned.	$385 Quantity:
	1871-S Half, WB-101, AU-53 dipped, minor rim marks, still a decent nice looking coin.	$375 Quantity:
	1871-S Half, Good.	$45 Quantity:
	1872-S Half, WB-101, AU-53 dipped, but a very nice looking coin.	$425 Quantity:
	1872-S, WB-101, G-6 obv. / VG-8 rev.	$135 Quantity:
	1872-S Half, WB-101, Good-4.	$75 Quantity:
	1873-CC No Arrows Half, AG-3 obv. / G-4 rev.	$385 Quantity:
	1873 With Arrows Half, Doubled Die Obverse, best seen as quadruple stripes on the shield, F-12, scrs.	$145 Quantity:
	1873-S Half, EF-40.	$850 Quantity:
	1874-CC Half, G-4/VG-8.        NEW	$1,350 Quantity:
	1874-CC Half, G-4/6, reverse scratches.          NEW	$1,000 Quantity:
	1874-S Half, Minute S, WB-103, AG+/G-4.	$70 Quantity:
	1875-S Half, AU-53.  Coin is mostly golden toned, with hints of light blue.	$275 Quantity:
	1876-CC Half, Unc. detail, cleaned, sm. rim ticks.	$600 Quantity:
	1876-CC Half, VG-8.	$80 Quantity:
	1877 Half, Transitional, VF-30, rim bumps.  Still a high technical grade for this rare variety.	$875 Quantity:
	1878-CC Half, G-5/VG-8.        NEW	$1,300 Quantity:
	1878-CC Half, G-4.        NEW	$1,050 Quantity:
	1878-CC Half, AG-3/G-4, streaks.        NEW	$800 Quantity:
	1881 Half, G-4/5, obv pinscratches at shield.        NEW	$400 Quantity:
	1881 Half, WB-101, G-4, two small obv. rim bumps.        NEW	$380 Quantity:
	1886 Half, EF.	$1,200 Quantity:
	1886 Half, PCGS VF-35, minor dig near star 12.	$1,100 Quantity:
	1886 Half, EF and at the grading service.        NEW	$ Quantity:
	1886 Half, G-6/VG-8, small digs at waist and thigh.        NEW	$700 Quantity:
	1887 Half, AU-55, cleaned, digs on arm.        ON HOLD	$1,250 Quantity:
	1887 Half, VG-10/F-12, lt. scratch right obv. field.        NEW	$850 Quantity:
	1888 Half, Fine-12, cleaned.	$525 Quantity:
	1888 Half, G-6, 3 sm. bumps.	$425 Quantity:
	1888 Half, G-4.        NEW	$450 Quantity:
	1889 Half, VG-10.	$525 Quantity:
	1889 Half, G-6.	$450 Quantity:
	1890 Half, VG-8.	$500 Quantity:
	1891 Half, F-12, rev. scrs., 2 sm. rim nicks.	$150 Quantity: