Seated Liberty Half Dollar
The Seated Liberty, this type of coin was introduced in the United States’ to the national coin system from 1836 to 1891. Twenty cent piece was also introduced in the Seated Liberty design. It was discontinued as it looked just like the quarter.
No Motto
1830 proved to be the year of great growth and progress for the American mint. This type of coin was also a new great step towards the improvement of coinage system with the introduction of steam powered coinage production.
Two other significant assortments pose a potential threat in the 27-year life-traverse of No-Motto “Situated parts.” Both were immediate consequences of the California Gold Rush, which completely steamed the sensitive adjust the Mint had been striving to maintain the relative estimations of gold and silver in U.S. coinage.
The maxim being referred to is IN GOD WE TRUST, which initially secured its place on coinage during the Civil War. In 1866, the Mint added this inscription to the half dollar, placing it on a flag over the hawk. It remained there all through the remaining quarter-century of the coin’s creation.
Most dates of No-Motto Seated parts are moderately copious in grades up to Mint State-64. Over that level, however, their accessibility drops strongly. Points to check for wear include Liberty’s knee, bosom and head, and the bird’s head, neck and highest points of wings.
Arrows & Rays
As many people began to melt down this type of coin and they were making more profit out of this way. It totally affected the coinage system. The director of mint came up with an idea and he suggested that they should reduce the weight of this type of coin and in this way; it will be useless to melt down the coins for more profit. Congress was not agreed with this plan at very first as they believed that it will degrade the worth of coinage system but there was not better option than this idea so they agreed to lower the weight of this type of coin.
There was no proper planning for new design but still the congress wanted to make it different from the old one. So, they decided to place the arrows on the coin, next to the date.
Now people noticed that it is not producing much profit in melting process due to the lighter weightage so this action controlled the usage of this type of coin for melting. The rays were removed from the Seated Liberty half dollar but the arrows remained same on the half dollar for more two years. The arrows were also removed from the coin after some time. After some years, arrows were again introduced to this type of coin in 1873. So, this addition of arrows again added a lot in the weight of these coins and the motto was also placed on the coins.