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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4953389, member: 105571&quot;]Oh boy, are there ever!</p><p><br /></p><p>Liberty Seated coinage was minted from 1836, if you include Gobrecht dollars, through 1891 and at four mints:&nbsp; Philadelphia, Denver, Carson City, and New Orleans.&nbsp; That makes for an immense number of possible die varieties so what I have discovered is that you have to assemble a variety of resources to attribute these and even then I&#039;ve found you can&#039;t get there with every coin you acquire.&nbsp; Some of this is just due to the fact that there might be as many as fifty dies used in one year for one mint&#039;s issue and many of the differences are just not interesting enough to warrant documenting. </p><p><br /></p><p>So, I usually start with the Whitman/Bowers book you mentioned and then go on to specialty references.&nbsp; BTW, I bought mine from the Whitman table at FUN and Mr. Bowers was kind enough to autograph it for me.&nbsp; A very gracious man.</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=19165]@physics-fan3.14[/USER] has noted, the link to the Liberty Seated Collectors Club will get you to the on-line resources they have posted some of which I talk about below.</p><p><br /></p><p>For half-dimes, the on-line reference by Clint Cummins at LSCC is very nice but it is a work in progress with many years and MMs not yet compiled.&nbsp; The Al Blythe and Kevin Flynn books are pretty good but have limits and are somewhat dated.&nbsp; These two books somewhat complement each other but I have also found contradictions between them.&nbsp; They are available from Internet sources at fairly reasonable prices which is where I bought mine.</p><p><br /></p><p>For dimes, your best reference is Gerry Fortin&#039;s on-line reference.&nbsp; It is very complete.&nbsp; Gerry has done the community a vast service with this work that he has made available to us at no cost.&nbsp; For Liberty Seated dimes, I use it exclusively.&nbsp; I also have the earlier Kam Ahwash book but it has been superseded by Gerry&#039;s work.</p><p><br /></p><p>For Quarters, I use Larry Briggs&#039; book. It is a 1991 publication so is somewhat out of date and there are limits.&nbsp; I bought mine used on the Internet.&nbsp; Quarters seem to be a somewhat neglected series, at least in terms of published attribution works.</p><p><br /></p><p>For half dollars, the best references are Bill Bugert&#039;s books.&nbsp; All the years for the branch mints are available on the LSCC website for download.&nbsp; Philadelphia for years 1838 to 1852 is also available (just outside your immediate area of interest, darn the bad luck).&nbsp; Bill is working on his book for the later Philadelphia issues and when he publishes it will only be available for purchase.&nbsp; Bill has made a habit of making his excellent and comprehensive works available for free after a period of time when it is only available for purchase.&nbsp; Very generous of him.&nbsp; When he publishes his 1853-91 book, I will purchase it partly because I like a physical book but also to compensate him in a small way for his contributions.</p><p><br /></p><p>For LS dollars, the Osburne/Cushing book is excellent and they have made it available on-line for free which also includes updates.&nbsp; I bought the book from them at last January&#039;s FUN show.&nbsp; The link to their website and on-line book is on the LSCC website.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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