1879 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. WB-1-2. Type II Reverse. MS-66 (PCGS).Satin to modestly semi-reflective surfaces are dressed in outstanding iridescent toning. Orange-copper, reddish-russet, salmon-pink and powder blue colors are all in evidence, their distribution more widespread on the obverse. Sharply struck. A sudden influx into commercial channels of earlier-dated half dollars that had been hoarded during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, coupled with implementation of prodigious Morgan dollar production pursuant to the 1878 Bland-Allison Act, explains why circulation strike half dollar coinage fell off markedly in 1879. Always in demand with collectors, this issue inaugurates a run of low mintage half dollars that would continue through the end of the Liberty Seated series in 1891. Just 4,800 circulation strikes were produced for the 1879.PCGS# 6361. NGC ID: 24KS.From the Collection of James Allaire Millholland, 1842-1911.
