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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BooksB4Coins, post: 1787949, member: 36230&quot;]</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia">You&#039;re very welcome, sir.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia">-&quot;With motto&quot; coins (located above the eagle &quot;IN GOD WE TRUST&quot;) were first minted in 1866, and were not S-mint only. While there were &quot;no motto&quot; 66-S examples minted, w/ motto examples are much more common.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia">-The mintmark. From 1866-1878, different sizes/styles were used, and this is how I can assure you that it is not an 1878-S, as there was only one die pair used for the entire mintage of 12k coins with a different (much smaller) mintmark. </font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia">Circus is generally correct in that the date will have little to do with any value such a piece has, but there are the rare exceptions in cases where a coin can definitively be nailed down to a specific high value date or variety. With your coin, if you want to get a better idea of the date, it should only be for the challenge, or just for the sake of knowing. I would start with trying to match or exclude the mintmark from certain dates or varieties by using the link below. Please understand that this is not the definitive reference on motto S-mint SL halves, but is a decent and free starting point. In most cases, you can google the date and WB# to locate photos when none are provided. If this is something you wish to pursue, and have any other questions, please feel free to ask along with posting a straight on photo of the mintmark.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><font face="Georgia">Glad to see you’re still around, W.</font></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index.php/seated-half-dollars-year-mintmark-major-variety-analysis/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index.php/seated-half-dollars-year-mintmark-major-variety-analysis/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.davidlawrence.com/index.php/seated-half-dollars-year-mintmark-major-variety-analysis/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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