My First Seated Half

Nice , is that the way it came out of the ground or did you clean it up

Liberty Seated coins are great. They are old, beautiful and rare (at least by 20th century standards). A long, long time ago when I was around ten, I started buying good grade Liberty Seated dimes. They were very old and not very expensive. I even got an 1839o, which became by far my oldest coin. I only learned later that it was a "no drapery" variety.
Now, after going about the business of life, I have returned to collecting in retirement.
I first started collecting Peace and Morgan dollars like a madman. Then my wife remarked while going through my albums with me that they were all really neat and everything, but they all pretty much looked the same.
I thought about it and agreed, while different dates and mint marks are exciting to an enthusiast, they mean nothing to a non-collector. And, date and mint mark differences really are pretty minor from a purely visual standpoint.
So, I started a high grade type collection, and it is my current ongoing project. My favorite part has been pulling together the roughly 25 coins in the Liberty Seated series. If you like your L.S.half dollar, and have an interest in other LS coins, I suggest you google the Liberty Seated Collector's Club. I have learned a lot as a member.

Looks very harshly cleaned...like with a brillo pad. Nice find regardless.

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Thanks GrapeCollects

Thanks for the info Sharkman. I have only found two other Seated coins. One of them is a mint condition 1837 Half Dime ''no stars''. I'll need to find them a bit more often to start a collection ;-)

I've dug over 250 some silvers in the last eight years, everything from Morgan and Peace dollars to Spanish silver. Soil types can be very abrasive over the years, or even centuries. Even when I think I've dug what looks like AU Barber dime, under magnification there are at least hairlines.

If it only just had a CC mint mark, you would have BIG money.