1878 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-101. MS-66 (PCGS). CMQ.Outstanding quality and eye appeal in a Liberty Seated half dollar of the With Motto design type. Both sides deliver undeniable originality in the form of vivid toning. The obverse is more reserved with iridescent reddish-gold and powder blue peripheral toning around a soft pearl gray center. The reverse is particularly striking and displays intense target-like toning in iridescent pinkish-rose, sunset gold, powder blue and champagne-pink. Fully lustrous with a razor sharp strike.<p>The 1878 is the final high mintage circulation strike half dollar of the Liberty Seated design type with 1,377,600 pieces produced. Beginning in 1879 and continuing through the series end in 1891 the Philadelphia Mint would deliver few circulation strikes as the Treasury Department distributed huge quantities of older half dollars that had been hoarded during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras. The 1878 is an underrated issue, being far scarcer in Mint State than the low mintage deliveries of the 1879 to 1891 era. At the premium Gem Mint State level the issue is a noteworthy condition rarity, especially with the awesome originality and superior eye appeal offered here.PCGS# 6358. NGC ID: 24KN.PCGS Population: 8; 3 finer (MS-67+ finest).From Heritages Chicago ANA Signature Auction of August 2019, lot 3513.
