1870 Liberty Seated Silver Dollar. MS-63+ (PCGS).；This highly lustrous, satiny 1870 silver dollar has delicate pinkish-silver tinting to both sides. Bolder reddish-apricot iridescence is confined to the lower reverse border. It is boldly struck throughout and is truly a delight to behold. The 1870 is the first silver dollar produced since the 1840s that saw appreciable domestic circulation, likely beginning in late 1876 when silver specie payments resumed. Many examples of this 415,000-piece circulation strike delivery were certainly exported to the Orient, but enough remained within the United States that the issue numbers among the more frequently encountered Liberty Seated, Motto silver dollars in todays market. On the other hand, the 1870 is rarer in an absolute sense than the higher mintage 1871 and 1872, and it is particularly scarce in Choice Mint State, as here.；
