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Half Dollar
1853-P Seated Liberty Half Dollar (1839-1891)
FS-801
Key Features
FS-801: Doubled Die Reverse Source: https://www.greysheet.com/prices/sp/liberty-seated-half-dollars/8955 A sprawling series that survived the Gold Rush and Civil War. Features Christian Gobrecht's classic Seated Liberty design.
Intriguing History
By 1853, the California Gold Rush was flooding the country with bullion, prompting new gold denominations and, in 1854, a brand-new branch mint in San Francisco, even as the Compromise of 1850 papered over the deepening sectional dispute over slavery in the new territories. This Seated Liberty half dollar was doing the heavy lifting of American commerce as a large silver coin through exactly this period.
Total Weight12.50 g