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The Seated Liberty portrait designs appeared on most regular-issue silver United States coinage from 1836 through 1891. The denominations which featured the Goddess of Liberty in a Seated Liberty design included the half dime, the dime, the quarter, the half dollar, and until 1873 the silver dollar.
Toggle Draped Bust quarter subsection. ... 1836 (P) 472,000 (P) 5 [26] Proof 1837 (P) 252,400 ... United States half dollar mintage figures.
Draped Bust large cent, 1796–1807 (Copper) Year ... 1836 (P) 2,111,000 (P) 8 Proof 1837 ... United States half dollar mintage figures.
This design is known as Draped Bust, Small Eagle and usually commands a high price due to the extremely low mintage at the time. In 1798, the small eagle was replaced by the Heraldic eagle. This design is known as Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle. The famous 1804 silver dollar has this design as well the reverse of the Kennedy half dollar in 1964.
Half dimes: Photo Bust Half Dime, 1792 Flowing Hair Half Dime, 1794-1795 Draped Bust Half Dime, 1796-1805 Capped Bust, 1829-1837 Liberty Seated, 1837-1859 Liberty Seated (with arrows), 1853-1855 Liberty Seated (with legend, new reverse), 1860-1873
The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the half for short or 50-cent piece, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or one half of a dollar.In both size and weight, it is the largest circulating coin currently minted in the United States, [1] being 1.205 inches (30.61 millimeters) in diameter and 0.085 in (2.16 mm) in thickness, and is twice the weight of the quarter.
This led to the practice of melting down contemporary U.S. gold coins for profit because there was a slightly higher gold content than the face value. This practice led to significant coin rarities in the Capped Bust series of gold coins minted from 1808 to 1834. [3]
The Half Cent, 1793–1857 The Story of American's Greatest Little Coin by William R. Eckberg, 2019; The Half Cent Handbook – Draped Bust Varieties 1800–1808 by Ed Fuhrman, 2020. The Half Cent Handbook – Classic Head & Braided Hair Varieties by Ed Fuhrman, 2021. The Half Cent Handbook – Liberty Cap Varieties 1793–1797 by Ed Fuhrman, 2022.