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The genuine Unique one of a kind....

1870-S Seated Liberty Half Dime

We all know that the Seated Liberty Half Dime was struck in Philadelphia and New Orleans. But what happens when a guy claims that he has a 1870-S (San Francisco Mint) Seated Liberty Half Dime? 

In 1978 a unique 1870-S Seated Liberty Half Dime became known. A coin collector surprised the coin collecting community with an 1870-S Half Dime, believed to have been found in a dealer's box of cheap coins at a coin show. According to mint records for 1870, no half dimes had been minted in San Francisco; yet it was a genuine 1870-S Half Dime. At an auction later the same year, the 1870-S Half Dime sold for $425,000. It is believed that another example may exist - along with other denominations minted that year in San Francisco. Later in July, 2004, the discovery coin sold for $661,250 in MS-63 in a Stack's-Bowers Auction.

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  • Coin Collecting Info
  • US Coin History
    • Half Cent
    • Penny >
      • Large Cent
      • Small Cent
    • 2 Cent Piece
    • 3 Cent Piece
    • Nickel
    • Half Dime
    • Dime
    • Twenty Cent Piece
    • Quarter >
      • Washington Quarter Eagle Rev
      • Statehood Commemorative Quarter
      • 2009 DC and US Territories Quarter
      • National Park Quarters
  • Shop
  • Articles
    • 1793 Large Cent
    • Large Cent mistaken for foreign coin
    • Worse Coin Design Ever
    • Flying Eagle Small Letters verse Large Letters
    • Rarest Indian Head Penny
    • 1909 S VDB
    • WWII Steel Pennies
    • 1982 Lincoln Penny
    • Lincoln Union Shield
    • Washington Nickel
    • Liberty Nickels counterfeited
    • Just Joshin
    • Hobo Nickel
    • Jefferson War Nickel
    • 1870-S Seated Liberty Half Dime
    • Disme Dime
    • Barber Dimes
    • 2020WestPointQuarter
  • Subscribe