Common, scarce and rare U.S. Liberty Seated (or Seated Liberty) half dollars (halves; 1839-91) at Mintmark.com.
1854 Liberty Seated Half Dollar
Var. 3: Arrows at Date, No Rays
12.44 grams; .900 silver; 30.6 mm
". . . Gobrecht's Liberty seated design with obverse stars made its appearance in 1839. With modifications, the type was continued through 1891. In 1853 arrowheads were added near the date and an aura of rays was added to the reverse. The following two years, 1854 and 1855, were produced with arrowheads at the date, but the rays were discontinued. Prior to the use of the dies with arrowheads and rays the New Orleans Mint early in 1853 coined a very small number of half dollars without these features. They are recognized as major rarities. In 1866 the motto IN GOD WE TRUST was added to the reverse. 1873 and 1874 saw the addition of arrowheads near the date to signify a weight change. As was the case with quarters during the same period, half dollars of 1879-1890 were of severely reduced mintages due to the preoccupation at the Philadelphia Mint with the tremendously expanded coinage of silver dollars . . . Half dollars of the early years have formed the object of several important studies and references, including M. L. Beistle's Register of United States Half Dollar Varieties and Sub-Varieties and Al C. Overton's Early Half Dollar Varieties 1794-1836 . . ." — The History of United States Coinage: As Illustrated by the Garrett Collection, by Q. David Bowers
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