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1884 50C MS66 PCGS. The P-mint Seated halves from 1879

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1884 50C MS66 PCGS. The P-mint Seated halves from 1879
<B>1884<50C> MS66 PCGS.</B></I> WB-102. The P-mint Seated halves from 1879 to 1890 have tiny mintages, as series specialists can attest. This is due primarily to the millions of Morgan dollars that the Philadelphia Mint pumped out with annual celerity, mandated by the Bland-Allison Act. Mintages of Seated half dollars, ranged during this era from 4,400 to 12,001 business strikes per year. Of them all, the 1882 and 1884 mintages are tied for the smallest--4,400 pieces each year. Judging by the certified population data, collectors and/or the general public were certainly aware of the tiny mintages, as the numbers extant today are several times the typical surviving population. This untoned, prooflike piece has high field-device contrast, and only the most minor distractions. Struck from the business-strike die, showing minor recutting on the base of the 4. Population: 11 in 66, 4 finer (9/06).
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