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Entry Details
Coin Date: 1899-S Denomination (Short): 50c Denomination (Long): 50 Cents Variety: Inverted Mintmark Variety 2: FS-501 Desg: MS Mint Mark: S Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper Mintage: 1,686,411 Strike Type: Business Coinage Type: Liberty head (Barber) half dollar Coinage Years: 1892-1915 Mint Location: San Francisco Diameter: 30.6 Fineness: 0.9 Weight (Grams): 12.5 Weight (Ounces): 0.475 Designer: Charles E. Barber Edge: Reeded Obverse Description: Portrait of Liberty surrounded by 6 stars on the left periphery and 7 stars on the right. IN GOD WE TRUST is inscribed at the top with the date positioned at the bottom center. Reverse Description: The heraldic eagle holding the symbolic olive branches and arrows is centered in the design with the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and HALF DOLLAR around the periphery. A ribbon in the eagle's beak bears the motto E PLURIBUS UNUM. 13 stars appear in the field above the eagle's head. Mintmark, if any, is positioned under the eagles tail feathers, above the D in DOLLAR. General Notes: The mintmark was inverted when it was punched into this die. NGC ID: 24M8
