Bill Jones' Type Set Excluding Modern Issues
50c SEATED LIBERTY, WITH DRAPERY (1839-66)

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Coin Details

Origin/Country: United States
Design Description: HALF DOLLARS - SEATED LIBERTY
Item Description: 50C 1860 O
Full Grade: PCGS MS 64
Owner: BillJones

Set Details

Custom Sets: This coin is not in any custom sets.
Competitive Sets: Bill Jones' Type Set Excluding Modern Issues   Score: 3319
Bill Jones' Type Set   Score: 3319
Bill Jones' half dollars   Score: 3319
Bill Jones' Basic Type set   Score: 3319
A survey of 19th century business strike coin   Score: 3319
Research: NGC Coin Explorer NGC Coin Price Guide
NGC US Coin Census for Seated Liberty Half Dollars (1839-1891)

Owner Comments:

The Liberty Seated, No Motto half dollar was issued from 1839 until 1866 when the San Francisco mint issued the last pieces with this design. In 1866 the mint added the motto, “In God we trust,” to all of the coins that had enough room in their designs to accommodate it. The motto arose from the wide spread religious feelings that resulted of the horrors of the Civil War. This 1860 half dollar was struck at the New Orleans mint. As such it is a reminder of a difficult time in our history when 11 states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The coin is a very choice toned Mint State example of this historic date which saw a critical presidential election and the secession of South Carolina from the Union.

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