Q. David Bowers
1840 Unc. $1.70.
1841 VF $1.00.
1842 Field a trifle chafed. Lustre; barely circulated. $1.05.
1843 Same condition as last. $1.05.
1844 VF $1.05.
1845 Fine $1.20.
1846 A few pin-point nicks. Unc. $1.05.
1847 Same condition $1.05.
1848 EF $1.50.
1849 Unc. $1.60.
1850 Brilliant; Unc, $2.10.
1853 C Wlightly engraved in field. EF; scarce: $1.50.
1854 Minute nicks. VF; rare. $6.00. .
1855 Mint lustre. Unc.; rare. $4.40
1856 Unc.; rare. $4.00.
1857 VF; scarce. $2.00.
1859-O Unc. $1.60.
1860 Mint lustre. Unc. $1.30.
1861 Unc. $1.30.
1862 Field slightly chafed. Unc. $1.25.
1863 Unc. $1.25.
1864 Slight scratches in field. VF, $1.25.
1865 VF $1.25.
1866 Fine Proof $1.55.
1867 Proof $1.25.
1868 Minute nicks. EF $1.25.
1869 Mint State. EF $1.25.
1870 Lustre; Unc. $1.30.
1871 Unc. $1.25.
1872 EF $1.20.
1873 Mint.lustre. Unc., the field 'slightly chafed. $1.20.
Ed. Frossard's sale of the New Jersey Collection, March 8, 1898. This sale is remarkable for its completeness, which is absolute save for the 1851 and the 1870-S (the latter variety being generally unknown to numismatists at the time, and not listed in the Scott Catalogue). Curiously, very few prices in this auction end in even dollar amounts,
1840 Mint lustre. EF $1.80.
1841 Mint lustre. VF $1.55.
1842 Field a trifle chafed. Lustre; barely circulated. $1.05.
1842 Sharp, VF $1.80.
1843 Proof surface. EF $1.60.
1844 Mint lustre. Sharp, EF $1.80.
1845 Mint lustre.VF $1.10.
1846 Mint lustre. VF $1.10.
1846-O Orleans [sic] Mint, first year of coinage. Fine $1.40.
1847 VF $1.10. "
1848 Fine $1.35.
1849 Mint lustre. Sharp, EF $1.40.
1850 Proof $2.25.
1850-O VF $1.05.
1852 Mint lustre; possibly struck for a Proof EF $37.50.
1853 Mint lustre. Sharp, VF $2.20.
1854 Sharp, EF $4.35.
1855 Fine, $3.75.
1856 Fine $3.00.
1857 Mint lustre. Unc. $3.35.
1858 Br. Proof. Very rare. $34.50.
1859 Br. Proof $1.65.
1859-O Mint lustre; EF $1.25. ,
1859-S San Francisco Mint, first year of coinage. VF, rare. $5.00.
1860 Br. Proof $1.45.
1860-O Mint lustre; EF $1.30.
1861 Br. Proof $1.70.
1862 Br. Proof $1.30.
1863 Br. Proof $1.30.
1864 Br. Proof $1.30.
1865 Br. Proof $1.70.
1866 Br. Proof $1.70.
1867 Br. Proof $1.30.
1868 Br. Proof $1.70.
1869 Br. Proof $1.65.
1870 Br. Proof $1.40.
1870-CC C C widely spaced; first year of coinage. Mint lustre; EF $11.00. .
1870-CC CC close. Good, rare. $1.30.
1871 Fine Proof $1.25.
1871-CC Mint lustre; EF and exceedingly rare. $28.25.
1872 Br. Proof $1.40.
1872-CG Mint lustre; VF, extremely rare. $10.
1872-S Field much chafed; still sharp and VF $5.
1873 Br. Proof $1.25.
1873-CC Mint lustre; VF and extremely rare. $12.50.
New York Coin & Stamp Company sale of the "Richard Collection," June 30, 1899. This auction contained a run of Liberty Seated dollars from 1841 through 1870, comprising one each of the Philadelphia Mint issues of that span. The offering is notable for the high quality of certain business strikes, namely 1845 (completely unrecognized for its rarity), the 1844 and 1848 (with their well-known low mintages), 1853 (the lofty $12 price must have caused quite a bit of comment at the time), and 1854.
1841 Unc., brilliant. $5.40.
1842 Unc.; brilliant. $5.40.
1843 VF $1.50.
1844 Unc.; sharp, brilliant. $2.10:
1845 Unc. $2.95.
1846 Few faint nicks, otherwise sharp; Unc. $2.10.
1847 Equally fine as last. $1.25.
1848 Unc. except few microscopic nicks. $1.50.
1849 VF $1.50.
1850 Fine, sharp Proof. Small spot like pin point below knee. $8.00.
1851 Sharp, perfect Proof $55.00.
1852 Sharp, perfect Proof $49.00.
1853 Unc.; strongly struck impression. $12.00.
1854 Unc; sharp, brilliant impression. $3.30.
1855 VG $17.00.
1856 Fine sharp Proof $5.00.
1857 Sharp, perfect Proof $5.00.
1858 Sharp, perfect Proof $33.00.
1859 Sharp, perfect Proof $2.00.
1860 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.60.
1861 Sharp, perfect Proof $2.00.
1862 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.60.
1863 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.60.
1864 Sharp, perfect Proof $2.80.
1865 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.75.
1866 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.90.
1867 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.80.
1868 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.50.
1869 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.60.
1870 Sharp, perfect Proof $1.60.