Set report · United States · Two Cents, Three Cents & Half Dimes
Seated Liberty Half Dime: Who Owns What
How often each Seated Liberty Half Dime coin actually turns up in a collection, measured by how many of the 777 collectors of this set have one. Coins are graded from Common to Extremely scarce against the set's most-owned coin — a measure of collecting frequency, not of how many survive.
Hardest to find in real collections
The five least-owned coins of the set — ownership counts are collector-reported.
…and the ones everybody has
Full set: ownership & rarity, coin by coin
Values by grade for each of these live on the Seated Liberty Half Dime catalog pages and the full price guide.
| Coin | Mintage | Collectors | % of set collectors | How often collected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1837 | — | 234 | 30.1% | Common |
| 1837 Small Date | 1,405,000 | 4 | 0.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1837 Large Date (Variety) | — | 17 | 2.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1838 | — | 184 | 23.7% | Uncommon |
| 1838 Large Stars | 2,225,000 | 1 | 0.1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1838 Small Stars (Variety) | — | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1838-O | 70,000 | 127 | 16.3% | Scarce |
| 1839 | 1,069,150 | 127 | 16.3% | Scarce |
| 1839-O | 1,291,600 | 142 | 18.3% | Scarce |
| 1840 | 310,085 | 129 | 16.6% | Scarce |
| 1840 Drapery | — | 110 | 14.2% | Scarce |
| 1840-O | 240,000 | 116 | 14.9% | Scarce |
| 1840-O Drapery | — | 107 | 13.8% | Scarce |
| 1841 | 1,150,000 | 111 | 14.3% | Scarce |
| 1841-O | 815,000 | 99 | 12.7% | Scarce |
| 1842 | 815,000 | 108 | 13.9% | Scarce |
| 1842-O | 350,000 | 90 | 11.6% | Scarce |
| 1843 | 815,000 | 116 | 14.9% | Scarce |
| 1844 | 430,000 | 98 | 12.6% | Scarce |
| 1844-O | 220,000 | 86 | 11.1% | Scarce |
| 1845 | 1,564,000 | 109 | 14% | Scarce |
| 1846 | 27,000 | 81 | 10.4% | Scarce |
| 1847 | 1,274,000 | 101 | 13% | Scarce |
| 1848 | — | 97 | 12.5% | Scarce |
| 1848 Large Date (Variety) | — | 9 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1848-O | 600,000 | 91 | 11.7% | Scarce |
| 1849 | 1,309,000 | 103 | 13.3% | Scarce |
| 1849 9 Over 6 (Variety) | — | 6 | 0.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1849 9 Over Widely Placed 6 (Variety) | — | 6 | 0.8% | Extremely scarce |
| 1849-O | 140,000 | 78 | 10% | Scarce |
| 1850 | 955,000 | 98 | 12.6% | Scarce |
| 1850-O | 690,000 | 85 | 10.9% | Scarce |
| 1851 | 781,000 | 95 | 12.2% | Scarce |
| 1851-O | 860,000 | 92 | 11.8% | Scarce |
| 1852 | 1,000,500 | 95 | 12.2% | Scarce |
| 1852-O | 260,000 | 85 | 10.9% | Scarce |
| 1853 | 13,210,020 | 299 | 38.5% | Common |
| 1853 No Arrows | — | 93 | 12% | Scarce |
| 1853-O | 2,200,000 | 128 | 16.5% | Scarce |
| 1853-O No Arrows | — | 85 | 10.9% | Scarce |
| 1854 | 5,740,000 | 179 | 23% | Uncommon |
| 1854-O | 1,560,000 | 94 | 12.1% | Scarce |
| 1855 | 1,750,000 | 125 | 16.1% | Scarce |
| 1855-O | 600,000 | 85 | 10.9% | Scarce |
| 1856 | 4,880,000 | 150 | 19.3% | Scarce |
| 1856-O | 1,100,000 | 84 | 10.8% | Scarce |
| 1857 | 7,280,000 | 185 | 23.8% | Uncommon |
| 1857-O | 1,380,000 | 97 | 12.5% | Scarce |
| 1858 | 3,500,000 | 138 | 17.8% | Scarce |
| 1858 (Proof) | 300 | 8 | 1% | Extremely scarce |
| 1858 Over Inverted Date (Variety) | — | 7 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1858 Repunched High Date (Variety) | — | 9 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1858-O | 1,660,000 | 105 | 13.5% | Scarce |
| 1859 | 340,000 | 90 | 11.6% | Scarce |
| 1859 (Proof) | 800 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1859 Obverse of 1859, Reverse of 1860 (Proof Variety) | — | 5 | 0.6% | Extremely scarce |
| 1859 Obverse of 1859 (With Stars), Reverse of 1860 (Variety) | — | 7 | 0.9% | Extremely scarce |
| 1859-O | 560,000 | 83 | 10.7% | Scarce |
| 1860 | 798,000 | 90 | 11.6% | Scarce |
| 1860 (Proof) | 1,000 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1860-O | 1,060,000 | 92 | 11.8% | Scarce |
| 1861 | 3,360,000 | 148 | 19% | Scarce |
| 1861 (Proof) | 1,000 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1861 '1 Over 0' (Variety) | — | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1862 | 1,492,000 | 101 | 13% | Scarce |
| 1862 (Proof) | 550 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1863 | 18,000 | 73 | 9.4% | Very scarce |
| 1863 (Proof) | 460 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1863-S | 100,000 | 73 | 9.4% | Very scarce |
| 1864 | 48,000 | 76 | 9.8% | Very scarce |
| 1864 (Proof) | 470 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1864-S | 90,000 | 70 | 9% | Very scarce |
| 1865 | 13,000 | 77 | 9.9% | Scarce |
| 1865 (Proof) | 500 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1865-S | 120,000 | 70 | 9% | Very scarce |
| 1866 | 10,000 | 79 | 10.2% | Scarce |
| 1866 (Proof) | 725 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1866-S | 120,000 | 73 | 9.4% | Very scarce |
| 1867 | 8,000 | 75 | 9.7% | Very scarce |
| 1867 (Proof) | 625 | 10 | 1.3% | Extremely scarce |
| 1867-S | 120,000 | 75 | 9.7% | Very scarce |
| 1868 | 88,600 | 70 | 9% | Very scarce |
| 1868 (Proof) | 600 | 11 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1868-S | 280,000 | 74 | 9.5% | Very scarce |
| 1869 | 208,000 | 77 | 9.9% | Scarce |
| 1869 (Proof) | 600 | 11 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1869-S | 230,000 | 81 | 10.4% | Scarce |
| 1870 | 535,000 | 82 | 10.6% | Scarce |
| 1870 (Proof) | 1,000 | 11 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1871 | 1,873,000 | 117 | 15.1% | Scarce |
| 1871 (Proof) | 960 | 11 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1871-S | 161,000 | 80 | 10.3% | Scarce |
| 1872 | 2,947,000 | 128 | 16.5% | Scarce |
| 1872 (Proof) | 950 | 12 | 1.5% | Extremely scarce |
| 1872-S | — | 91 | 11.7% | Scarce |
| 1872-S Mmk Below Bow (Variety) | — | 9 | 1.2% | Extremely scarce |
| 1873 | 712,000 | 109 | 14% | Scarce |
| 1873 (Proof) | 600 | 11 | 1.4% | Extremely scarce |
| 1873-S | 324,000 | 87 | 11.2% | Scarce |
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Based on the share of this set's collectors who own each coin — how often it turns up in a collection, not how many survive. Not the Sheldon rarity scale.
About these numbers
Ownership counts come from the same live per-coin counters shown across the LuckyCoin catalog; set-level collector counts come from the annual full-collection scan behind The State of Coin Collecting 2026. Counts are collector-reported and aggregate-only. Scarcity tiers come from 100 × (1 − owners ÷ owners of the set's most-owned coin): Common under 25, Uncommon 25–49, Scarce 50–74, Very scarce 75–89, Extremely scarce 90+. This reflects how often a coin is collected, not its surviving population — it is not the Sheldon rarity scale. CC BY 4.0 with attribution.