Seated Liberty Dollar

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The Seated Liberty Dollar was minted from 1840 to 1873. This silver dollar shares it's obverse design with the Seated Liberty series that includes a half dime, dime, twenty cent piece, quarter and half dollar. The Seated Liberty series was designed by Christian Gobrecht.

The obverse of the coin features Lady Liberty sitting and holding a Union Shield. 13 stars run along the top of the coin and the date of production is centered along the bottom. The reverse of the coin features a bald eagle with arrows in one talon and an olive branch in the other talon. There is a union shield on the eagle's chest. Mintmarks for the coin appear under the eagle's talon and include Philadelphia (blank), Carson City (CC), New Orleans (O) and San Francisco (S).

This series features some incredible rare coins. The 1870-S is the most valuable. Only 12-15 of these coins are known to exist! Even more rare is the 1851-O coin, only one is known to exist - the coin was struck under very mysterious circumstances. Other 50-500 existing coin issues include 1851, 1852, 1858, 1871-CC, 1872-CC and 1873-CC.