Dollar

Notes: Another extremely rare and valuable coin is the 1870-S Seated Liberty Silver Dollar. Only around 15 of these coins are estimated to exist and can be identified by a smaller than normal San Francisco "S" mintmark located under the eagle on the reverse of the coin. This is one of the most famous and rarest of all US coins - and one of the few cases where the US Mint had no official record of ever producing these coins - yet they do exist. These coins are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars - Those in near uncirculated condition or in higher grade are worth well over $1 million each!

Designer: Christian Gobrecht

Composition: 90% Silver - 10% Copper

History: The Seated Liberty portrait designs appeared on most regular-issue silver United States coinage during the mid- and late-nineteenth century, from 1836 through 1891. The denominations which featured the Goddess of Liberty in a Seated Liberty design included the half dime, the dime, the quarter, the half dollar, and until 1873 the silver dollar. Another coin that appeared exclusively in the Seated Liberty design was the twenty cent piece. This coin was produced from 1875 to 1878, and was discontinued because it looked very similar to the quarter. Seated Liberty coinage was minted at the main United States Mint in Philadelphia, as well as the branch mints in New Orleans, San Francisco, and Carson City.