1862 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-101. MS-64 (PCGS).，Splendid multicolored peripheral toning frames silver-rose centers on both sides of this lovely near-Gem. The onset of the Civil War the preceding year resulted in a precipitous drop in half dollar production at the Philadelphia Mint in 1862, the mintage of this issue amounting to just 253,000 circulation strikes as opposed to 2,887,400 pieces for the 1861. Enough Mint State coins have survived to preclude the 1862 being classified as a major rarity, but it does number among the scarcer and more underrated No Motto Liberty Seated issues from the Philadelphia Mint in Uncirculated condition.，PCGS# 6307. NGC ID: 24J9.，PCGS Population: 15; 17 finer (MS-66 finest).，From the Alexander Collection.
