Seated Liberty varieties makin' me crazy....

That's it, just had to look away....and do something else other than try to figure them all out...which dates had which varieties and which dates had both and.....akkkk!

This is what I'm talkin' about

 

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Yea, when I first started, I did a Dansco 7070 with good to extra fine examples. It is a great way to learn the history of our coinage.

I remember trying and getting all of those seated types, even though they all look a lot the same. I haven't gone back and started any seated albums; that 7070 was enough for me.

 

That's exactly what I'm working on

 

A lot of stuff in the seateds was one of our longest lasting coins 2 weight changes a motto drapery no stars etc and on 6 denominations

 

But you just got to love them. We did a lot of things right with that design.

 

At first! Wouldn't you love a no stars quarter and half. Gobrechts original design is hard to beat. Only bettered in my opinion by the draped bust trade dollar and st gaudens $20

 

And a lot wrong, depending on the denomination, or at least that could've been better from an aesthetic point. Fine coins nonetheless.

 

completely agree @Mainebill

 

It doesnt help is that, at least in the Red Book, they include both "no drapery from elbow, tilted shield" and "drapery from elbow, upright shield" as the same variety.....THAT'S TWO VARIETIS!

 

True, but i am stuck visualizing my sweet little seated quarters, and she is like goldilocks.......just right.....

 

The way I see it for the SL varieties is this:
Half Dimes - 5
Dimes - 6
Quarters - 6
Halves - 7
Dollars - 2

26 coins!!!

 

I come up with 6 half dimes. No stars, stars no drapery, stars w/drapery, arrows at date, no arrows lighter weight, Country name moved to the obverse. Seven if you include the hollow stars on the obv 1859 only.

 

The CSA Half maybe? That'd be a strict requirement on type collectors

edit - I figured it out methinks - The no arrows, no motto 1856-1865 halves

edit2 - nm, thats just the same as the no motto, drapery already listed. so it could be 6 or 8 if you want to consider the weight changes along with the device changes

 

This is my prefered organization of SL Dimes...

 

A date/mintmark undertaking of Seated coins is a horrendously difficult task with many incredibly scarce coins and some coins downright rare. Buying for type is really a great luxury as you get to pick and choose what fits your taste and budget.

 

I am buying for Type. And luckily, the 7070 Type set (on the NGC Registry) doesn't get quite that insane with the subtypes. It just has the major subtypes. Any more than that and I think I might go crazy (especially since many of the earlier ones are very difficult in PL).

 

@bdunnse wins the organization chart contest. Do you have that in excel format?

 

geekpryde, you are correct.
Somehow I miscounted.

 

Your all wrong actually. You all forgot the seated 20c