Dollars – Peace Dollar, Low Relief, 1922-1935
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The silver dollar, authorized by the Mint Act of April 2, 1792, was intended to be the standard unit of the American monetary system,...
Dollars – 1921 Peace Dollar – High Relief
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The Peace Dollar is a silver United States dollar coin minted from 1921 to 1928, then again in 1934 and 1935. Early proposals for...
Dollars – Morgan Dollar, 1878-1921
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Though it might seem to be a modern phenomenon, the problem of uncirculating dollar coins has a long history. The metal value of these...
Dollars – Trade Dollar, 1873-1885
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Though Gobrecht/Liberty Seated dollars were the first silver dollars produced for domestic use since 1804, most did not extensively circulate but were instead sent...
Dollars – Liberty Seated Dollar With Motto, 1866-1873
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The With Motto Seated dollar was the third of the type, following both the initial Gobrecht dollar with its dramatic soaring eagle on the...
Dollars – Liberty Seated Dollar No Motto, 1840-1866
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In the 1840 reelection campaign of president Martin Van Buren the phrase "O.K." came into use, derived from the "Old Kinderhook" nickname that was...
United States Dollars – Gobrecht Dollar 1836-1839
The suspension of silver dollar production was lifted in 1831 under United States Mint Director Samuel Moore, enabling the resumption of the mintage of...
Dollars – Draped Bust Dollar, Heraldic Eagle, 1798-1804
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Two reverse designs were used on 1798 dollars. The first displayed a smaller eagle surrounded by a wreath, the second a larger eagle in...
Dollars – Draped Bust Dollar, Small Eagle, 1795-1798
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The year 1795 was the second year of U.S. silver dollar production, and the coins produced were both the earlier Flowing Hair type and...
Dollars – Flowing Hair Dollar, 1794-1795
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The dollar was authorized by the Mint Act of April 2, 1792, although production of the coins did not happen until November, 1794. The...
Half Dollars – Kennedy Half Dollar, Silver, 1964
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Within a few days of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Mint Director Eva Adams notified Chief Engraver Gilroy...
Half Dollars – Franklin Half Dollar, 1948-1963
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The half dollar was eligible for a change in the early 1940s based on the Act of September 26, 1890, which specified that a...
Half Dollars – Liberty Walking Half Dollar, 1916-1947
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Charles Barber's half dollar design was introduced in 1892, a beneficiary of the provision of the Mint Act of 1890 which allowed for the...
Half Dollars – Barber Half Dollar, 1892-1915
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The Mint Act of 1890 allowed for change of coin designs every 25 years, and the dime, quarter, and half dollar were eligible for...
Half Dollars – Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Motto, With Drapery, Arrows, 1873-1874
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The Mint Act of February 12, 1873, changed the weight of the half dollar by a minuscule amount, from 12.44 grams to 12.5 grams,...
Half Dollars – Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Motto, With Drapery, 1866-1891
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The Civil War ended in May, 1865, with the surrender of the last Confederate troops. President Lincoln had been assassinated the previous month, and...
Half Dollars – Liberty Seated Half Dollar, Arrows at Date, 1854-1855
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The Liberty Seated half dollar series is comprised of several subtypes. Rising silver prices that followed the influx of California gold into the monetary...
Half Dollars – 1853 Seated Half Dollar – Arrows and Rays
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The 1853 is a highly desirable one-year type Seated Half Dollar with arrows at the date and rays on the reverse added to indicate...
Half Dollars – Liberty Seated Half Dollar, No Motto, With Drapery, 1839-1866
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The Liberty Seated design was first seen on Christian Gobrecht's silver dollar in 1836, the inaugural year of that three-year type that ended in...
Half Dollars – Liberty Seated Half Dollar, No Motto, No Drapery, 1839
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Capped Bust half dollars produced at the end of 1836 were some of the first coins made using new steam coinage presses and a...
Half Dollars – Capped Bust, Reeded Edge Half Dollar, 1836-1839
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In 1836 Christian Gobrecht completed work for new Capped Bust half dollar obverse and reverse dies in preparation for the transition from man- or...
Half Dollars – Capped Bust, Lettered Edge Half Dollar, 1807-1836
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Two half dollar series are called "Bust Halves", the earlier Draped Bust type that ended in 1807 and the Capped Bust type that started...
Half Dollars – Draped Bust Heraldic Eagle Half Dollar, 1801-1807
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The Draped Bust Small Eagle half dollar type was minted for two years, as was the Flowing Hair type that preceded it. No half...
Half Dollars – Draped Bust Small Eagle Half Dollar, 1796-1797
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The Draped Bust half dollar was introduced after only two years of production of the previous design. The simple portrait of Liberty on the...
Half Dollars – Flowing Hair 1794-1795 Half Dollar
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The Half Dollar of the United States, sometimes known as the fifty-cent piece, has been produced nearly every year since the inception of the...
Quarters – Washington Quarter, 1932-1964
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The United States in the early 1930s suffered under the effects of a widespread economic depression that followed the 1929 stock market crash. The...
Quarters – Standing Liberty Quarter, Type 2, 1917-1930
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In 1916 Charles E. Barber's designs for the dime, quarter, and half dollar were set aside, replaced by Adolph A. Weinman's designs for the...
US Coin Profiles – Standing Liberty Quarter, Type 1 1916-1917
Charles Barber's quarter dollar design was introduced in 1892, a beneficiary of the provision of the Mint Act of 1890, which allowed for the...
Quarters – Barber Quarter 1892-1916
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The Mint Act of 1890 allowed for change of coin designs every twenty-five years, and the dime, quarter, and half dollar were eligible to...
Quarters – Liberty Seated Quarter, Arrows, 1873-1874
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Liberty Seated quarters were produced from 1838 through 1891, eventually replaced by Charles E. Barber's Liberty Head motif. A Guide Book of United States...