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SEATED LIBERTY SILVER DOLLARS (1836-1873)
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SEATED LIBERTY SILVER DOLLARS - GOBRECHT TYPE (1836-1839)
Date |
Mintage for
Circulation |
Mintage of
Proofs |
Notes |
1836 |
1600 |
est.
100
|
Originals
and later Restrikes are known of the Proofs. |
1838 |
0
|
est.
100
|
Originals
and later Restrikes are known. |
1839 |
0
|
300+
|
Originals
and later Restrikes are known. Many of the
Proofs were released into circulation. |
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SEATED LIBERTY SILVER DOLLARS
NO REVERSE MOTTO (1840-1865)
The Seated Liberty Silver Dollar coin of 1840 to 1873 was the first regular issue coin of this denomination since 1803
(technically, the 1804 Dollar was struck in 1834 and restruck in the 1860s). Despite the long hiatus for the denomination, it still did not circulate well. Many of the mintage figures within the series are low for that
reason (should it be surprising, considering that a skilled occupation paid $9.72 per six-day week in 1860?). The No Motto variety was issued between 1840 and 1866, the motto "In God We Trust" added on the reverse
between 1866 and 1873 due to the Act of March 3, 1865. The Mint Act of Feb. 12, 1873 abolished the coin in favor of the Trade dollar, an act called the Crime of '73 by opponents of the legislation. (Contributed by
Richard Giedroyc)
|
Date |
Mintage for
Circulation |
Mintage of
Proofs |
Notes |
1840 |
61,005 |
est.
50 |
|
1841 |
173,000 |
est.
12 |
|
1842 |
184,618 |
est.
15 |
|
1843 |
165,100 |
est.
15 |
|
1844 |
20,000 |
est.
15 |
|
1845 |
24,500 |
est.
15 |
|
1846 |
110,600 |
est.
15 |
|
1846-O |
59,000 |
0 |
|
1847 |
140,750 |
est.
15 |
|
1848 |
15,000 |
est.
15 |
|
1849 |
62,600 |
est.
15 |
|
1850 |
7,500 |
est.
20 |
|
1850-O |
40,000 |
0 |
|
1851 |
1,300 |
est.
50 |
Originals
and later Restrikes are known of the Proofs. |
|
1851-O
|
0
|
1
|
Unique! |
1852 |
1,100 |
est.
35 |
Originals
and later Restrikes are known of the Proofs. |
1853 |
46,110 |
est.
15 |
|
1854 |
33,140 |
est.
50 |
|
1855 |
26,000 |
est.
50 |
|
1856 |
63,500 |
est.
50 |
|
1857 |
94,000 |
est.
50 |
|
1858 |
0
|
est.
300 |
Rare,
Proof-only date. |
1859 |
255,700 |
800 |
|
1859-O |
360,000 |
0 |
|
|
1859-S
|
20,000
|
0
|
|
1860 |
217,600 |
1,330 |
|
1860-O |
515,000 |
0 |
|
1861 |
77,500 |
1,000 |
|
1862 |
11,540 |
550 |
|
1863 |
27,200 |
460 |
|
1864 |
30,700 |
470 |
|
1865 |
46,500 |
500 |
|
 
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SEATED LIBERTY SILVER DOLLARS
-
WITH REVERSE MOTTO (1866-1873)
Date |
Mintage for
Circulation |
Mintage of
Proofs |
Notes |
1866 |
48,900 |
725 |
|
1867 |
46,900 |
625 |
|
1868 |
162,100 |
600 |
|
1869 |
423,700 |
600 |
|
1870 |
415,000 |
1,000 |
|
1870-S |
est.
12
|
0
|
Extremely
rare! |
1870-CC |
12,462 |
0 |
|
1871 |
1,073,800 |
960 |
|
1871-CC |
1,376 |
0 |
|
1872 |
1,105,500 |
950 |
|
1872-S |
9,000 |
0 |
|
1872-CC |
3,150 |
0 |
|
1873 |
293,000 |
600 |
|
1873-S |
0 |
0 |
Unknown,
despite a Mint Reports showing 700 coins as having been
struck. None have ever been seen! |
|
1873-CC
|
2,300
|
0
|
|
|
