Seated Liberty Half Dollar Mintage

1845 Seated Liberty Half Dollar

With production taking place over the course of more than 50 years and at four different mint facilities, Seated Liberty Half Dollar mintages vary widely. A complete set of coins not including varieties consists of 113 coins. Mintage figures for these issues range from a low of just 4,800 pieces struck in 1879 to a high of 8,418,000 pieces struck in 1876.

Coins were produced for every year of the series at the Philadelphia Mint. The New Orleans Mint was active for the initial years of the series from 1839 to 1861. The San Francisco Mint struck Seated Liberty Half Dollars from 1855 to 1878. The Carson City Mint struck coins for the least number of years, with production taking place between 1870 and 1878.

Mintages were extremely low from the years 1879 to 1890, however these issues are not as rare as they would seem due to widespread hoarding. Noted rarities of the series included the 1853-O without Arrows and Rays, the 1855-S, the 1870-CC, and the 1878-S.

No Motto Above Eagle Mintages

IssueMintage
18391,972,400
18401,435,008
1840-O855,100
1841310,000
1841-O401,000
18422,012,764
1842-O Medium Date957,000
18433,844,000
1843-O2,268,000
18441,766,000
1844-O2,005,000
1845589,000
1845-O2,094,000
18462,210,000
1846-O Medium Date2,304,000
18471,156,000
1847-O2,584,000
1848580,000
1848-O3,180,000
18491,252,000
1849-O2,310,000
1850227,000
1850-O2,456,000
1851200,750
1851-O402,000
185277,130
1852-O144,000
1853-O4 Known

Arrows at Date, Rays Around Eagle Mintages

IssueMintage
18533,532,708
1853-O1,328,000

Arrows at Date, No Rays Mintages

IssueMintage
18542,982,000
1854-O5,240,000
1855759,500
1855-O3,688,000
1855-S129,950

No Motto Above Eagle Mintages

IssueMintage
1856938,000
1856-O2,658,000
1856-S211,000
18571,988,000
1857-O818,000
1857-S158,000
18584,226,000
1858-O7,294,000
1858-S476,000
1859747,200
1859-O2,834,000
1859-S566,000
1860302,700
1860-O1,290,000
1860-S472,000
18612,887,400
1861-O2,532,633
1861-S939,500
1862253,000
1862-S1,352,000
1863503,200
1863-S916,000
1864379,100
1864-S658,000
1865511,400
1865-S675,000
1866-S No Motto60,000

Motto Above Eagle Mintages

IssueMintage
1866744,900
1866-S994,000
1867449,300
1867-S1,196,000
1868417,600
1868-S1,160,000
1869795,300
1869-S656,000
1870633,900
1870-CC54,617
1870-S1,004,000
18711,203,600
1871-CC153,950
1871-S2,178,000
1872880,600
1872-CC257,000
1872-S580,000
1873 Close 3587,000
1873 Open 3214,200
1873-CC122,500
1873-S No Arrows5,000

Arrows at Date Mintages

IssueMintage
18731,815,150
1873-CC214,560
1873-S228,000
18742,359,600
1874-CC59,000
1874-S394,000

Motto Above Eagle Mintages

IssueMintage
18756,026,800
1875-CC1,008,000
1875-S3,200,000
18768,418,000
1876-CC1,956,000
1876-S4,528,000
18778,304,000
1877-CC1,420,000
1877-S5,356,000
18781,377,600
1878-CC62,000
1878-S12,000
18794,800
18808,400
188110,000
18824,400
18838,000
18844,400
18855,200
18865,000
18875,000
188812,001
188912,000
189012,000
1891200,000
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