[The following article is published courtesy of DLRC Press and its authors, Randy Wiley and Bill Bugert. This information was originally published in 1993 in The Complete Guide to Liberty Seated Half Dollars.]

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MINTAGE: 379,570

PROOFS: 470

VARIETIES:

• Authors’ Research Effort: substantial

• Number of Die Marriages Documented: 8

• Number of Head Dies Identified: 6

• Number of Tail Dies Identified: 6

• Number of Collar Reed Counts Identified: 2 (152, 153)

• Standard Diameter or Diameter Range: 1.202 to 1.203 inches

• Number of Major Varieties: 2

• WB-101. NORMAL DATE. (5 HEAD DIES)
  This variety includes minor date placement variations including low, centered, and high date. (Breen 4916 and 4917)
• WB-102. RECUT 1 AND 4. (1 HEAD DIE)
  Remnants of the first punching show below the base of the 1 and more noticeably above the crossbar of the 4.  Coins we have seen have been lightly clashed and the tail die is cracked along the outer edge of the letters of the legend. (Breen-Unlisted)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• All tail dies are Tail Hub Variety 2. For additional information on the Guatemala Hoard coins, see the Miscellaneous Notes section at the beginning of this chapter.