Liberty Seated Half Dimes

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The New Orleans Mint struck Liberty Seated Half Dimes in two configurations in the year...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   While Robert E. Lee surrendered command of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, the American...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   In late 1840, the United States Mint engaged Robert Ball Hughes, an engraver originally from...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   Though the No Stars Half Dime was a more faithful rendition of the Cameo-like Liberty...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   United States Mint Engraver Christian Gobrecht's Liberty Seated design, based on drawings by artists Titian...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Act of February 21, 1853 established the prevalence of fiat coinage in the United...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   After the weight of the half dime was reduced in 1853 (indicated by an arrow...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The 1870-S Liberty Seated Half Dime is a coin unique in private hands, undetected by the numismatic community until the late...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Philadelphia Mint deployed one set of dies to produce the entire business strike mintage of 27,000 1846 Liberty Seated Half...

Coin Rarities and Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, markets, and coin collecting #386   A Weekly Column by Greg Reynolds .....   Overall, there are...

Coin Rarities and Related Topics: News and Analysis regarding scarce coins, coin markets, and the coin collecting community #340   A Weekly CoinWeek Column by Greg...