1866-S Half Dollar No Motto (Regular Strike): Value Chart, Auction Price & Comprehensive Analysis

As of May, 2024, a 1866-S Half Dollar No Motto in circulated condition is worth between $300.00 and $9,000.00, while an uncirculated specimen can be valued between $11,000.00 and $225,000.00, depending on its grade and strike quality.

Looking back at auction records, the highest price was achieved by a Mint State grade that was hammered at $164,500.00 in the 11/15/2013 by renowned auctioneer Heritage Auctions, showcasing the allure of top-tier rarities.

Designer: Thomas Sully/Christian Gobrecht

Edge: Reeded

Diameter: 30.00 millimeters

Weight: 12.40 grams

Mintage: 60,000

Mint: San Francisco

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

Series: Liberty Seated Half Dollars 1839-1891

1866-S Half Dollar No Motto (Regular Strike) – Price Chart

If you are aware of your coin’s grade, refer to the following chart to determine its value:

Grade	Price($)
MS-67+	225,000.00
MS-67	200,000.00
MS-66+	175,000.00
MS-66	150,000.00
MS-65+	110,000.00
MS-65	100,000.00
MS-64+	40,000.00
MS-64	35,000.00
MS-63+	25,000.00
MS-63	20,000.00
MS-62+	17,500.00
MS-62	15,000.00
MS-61	12,500.00
MS-60	11,000.00
AU-58+	9,000.00
AU-58	7,500.00
AU-55+	6,000.00
AU-55	5,500.00
AU-53+	4,750.00
AU-53	4,500.00
AU-50+	4,000.00
AU-50	3,750.00
XF-45+	3,250.00
XF-45	3,000.00
XF-40	2,500.00
VF-35	2,000.00
VF-30	1,750.00
VF-25	1,500.00
VF-20	1,250.00
F-15	1,100.00
F-12	1,000.00
VG-10	950.00
VG-8	900.00
G-6	850.00
G-4	800.00
AG-3	500.00
FR-2	400.00
PO-1	300.00

If you are unsure of the grade, you can assess it based on the coin’s condition. More detailed information here.

Grade	Lowest Price($)	Highest Price($)	Average Price($)
Mint State	11,000.00	225,000.00	81,142.86
About Uncirculated	3,750.00	9,000.00	5,625.00
Extremely Fine	2,500.00	3,250.00	2,916.67
Fine and Very Fine	1,000.00	2,000.00	1,433.33
Good and Very Good	800.00	950.00	875.00
Poor, Fair, and About Good	300.00	500.00	400.00

Please note that the estimated values are derived from the latest data in the PCGS Price Guide and are not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. We strongly recommend reviewing actual auction records, which can be filtered by grade. For further insights, refer to our analysis report, which is based on these data.

Also, there are multiple versions of the 1866 Liberty Seated Half Dollar. We recommend checking the values of these coins as well to ensure a comprehensive assessment.

Coin Name	Min Circulated Price($)	Max Circulated Price($)	Min Uncirculated Price($)	Max Uncirculated Price($)
1866-S Half Dollar Motto (Regular Strike)	55.00	1,500.00	1,750.00	27,500.00
1866 Half Dollar Motto (Regular Strike)	55.00	900.00	1,000.00	40,000.00
1866 Half Dollar Motto (Proof)	650.00	950.00	1,000.00	40,000.00
1866 Half Dollar Motto, CAM (Proof)	N/A	N/A	1,100.00	45,000.00
1866 Half Dollar Motto, DCAM (Proof)	N/A	N/A	10,000.00	110,000.00

Coins listed have various mint marks and designations indicating where they were minted and if they are special strikes. To learn more about what the different mint marks and designations mean, please refer to our Mint Mark Chart and Coin Designation Reference Chart.

1866-S Half Dollar No Motto (Regular Strike) – Auction Chart & Report

This tool is very user-friendly. Simply select the coin grade, and our system will provide detailed information including:

Lowest Sale Price
Highest Sale Price
Average Sale Price
Most Recent Sale Price
Number of Sales
Sales Volume

You can also select different time periods for your query: 1 month, 6 months, 1 year, 3 years, or All time, with the default set to All time.

Grade:

Find On eBay

$20.00

Lowest Sale Price

$2,703.00

Highest Sale Price

$1,544.34

Average Sale Price

$1,600.00

Most Recent Sale Price

Number of Sales

$49,419.00

Sales Volume

Grade Impact Analysis

Grade	Lowest Price($)	Highest Price($)	Average Price($)
MS-67+	156,000.00	156,000.00	156,000.00
MS-67	164,500.00	164,500.00	164,500.00
MS-65+	22,000.00	73,437.50	54,127.50
MS-64	7,700.00	7,700.00	7,700.00
MS-63	5,060.00	19,550.00	12,116.33
MS-62	6,440.00	14,950.00	9,654.00
MS-60	2,760.00	57,500.00	14,470.90
AU-58	2,415.00	3,080.00	2,747.50
AU-53	1,035.00	4,600.00	2,672.95
AU-50	518.00	4,169.00	1,845.43
XF-45	426.00	3,525.00	2,090.00
XF-40	20.00	2,703.00	1,544.34
VF-35	330.00	1,955.00	1,290.53
VF-30	385.00	1,763.00	1,235.87
VF-25	776.00	1,265.00	1,054.31
VF-20	167.00	1,170.00	679.15
F-15	3.15	978.00	783.18
F-12	9.00	1,116.25	536.28
VG-10	472.00	868.00	602.35
VG-8	150.00	690.00	469.87
G-6	167.00	605.00	429.94
G-4	138.00	576.00	375.43
AG-3	144.00	431.00	279.42
FR-2	153.00	303.00	228.00
PO-1	364.25	56,000.00	7,728.72

The chart shows the min and max prices for the 1866-S Half Dollar No Motto (Regular Strike) coin across various grades from PO-1 to MS-67+. The prices generally increase as the grade improves, with MS-67 having the highest max price $164,500.00.

Within each grade, there is also variability in prices, likely due to factors like specific coin characteristics or market conditions at time of sale. Overall, the chart illustrates how coin grade is a key driver of value for this particular 1866-S Half Dollar No Motto (Regular Strike).

Auction House Comparison

The pie chart breaks down the market share of various auction houses for selling the 1866-S Half Dollar No Motto (Regular Strike) coin. Heritage Auctions dominates with 65.15% share, followed by Stack's Bowers / Bowers & Merena with 11.62% / 4.15% appearances respectively..

Price Trend Over Time

The graph presents a detailed analysis of the average annual auction sale price and frequency for the 1866-S Half Dollar No Motto (Regular Strike) coin over the years. This visual representation traces the coin's value fluctuations, illustrating periods of increase, decrease, or stability in its average auction price.

Such a historical view is indispensable for collectors, investors, or researchers who are keen on comprehending the market dynamics and the coin's value trend over an extended period.

Raw Auction Records

Here are the lasted auction records from the auction history of the past years. You can filter these records by coin grade.

Grade	Grade Source	Seller	Price($)	Sold Date
F-12	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	360.00	03/29/2023
F-12	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	504.00	03/29/2023
MS-63	PCGS	Legend Rare Coin Auctions	15,862.50	02/23/2023
VF-20	NGC	Heritage Auctions	960.00	01/11/2023
VG-10	NGC	Heritage Auctions	690.00	11/02/2022
XF-40	PCGS	David Lawrence RC	1,600.00	08/14/2022
AU-50	NGC	Heritage Auctions	1,560.00	05/16/2022
MS-65+	PCGS	Legend Rare Coin Auctions	73,437.50	10/28/2021
VF-30	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,380.00	10/04/2021
XF-40	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	1,440.00	08/25/2021
VF-25	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	1,200.00	06/16/2021
G-4	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	576.00	05/05/2021
MS-60	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	6,152.40	04/21/2021
VF-20	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	960.00	03/10/2021
MS-67+	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	156,000.00	01/24/2021
VF-20	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	930.00	11/18/2020
G-6	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	468.00	11/04/2020
VG-10	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	600.00	09/10/2020
VF-20	NGC	Heritage Auctions	528.00	04/29/2020
VF-20	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	480.00	03/25/2020
VF-20	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	552.00	03/25/2020
VF-20	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	528.00	03/25/2020
VF-30	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,260.00	02/23/2020
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,740.00	01/12/2020
VF-35	NGC	Stack's Bowers	960.00	11/20/2019
F-15	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	751.20	10/24/2019
VF-30	NGC	Heritage Auctions	930.00	06/09/2019
AU-50	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,320.00	06/09/2019
F-12	PCGS	Kagin's	720.00	04/01/2019
XF-45	PCGS	David Lawrence RC	3,000.00	10/07/2018
F-12	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	456.00	09/19/2018
VF-30	PCGS	Legend Rare Coin Auctions	1,375.00	09/16/2018
AG-3	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	144.00	08/22/2018
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	660.00	08/19/2018
VF-30	PCGS	Legend Rare Coin Auctions	1,375.00	07/19/2018
VF-30	PCGS	Legend Rare Coin Auctions	1,375.00	05/24/2018
AG-3	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	216.00	05/09/2018
VG-8	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	528.00	03/06/2018
F-15	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	840.00	02/22/2018
VG-8	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	564.00	02/22/2018
XF-45	NGC	Heritage Auctions	1,800.00	01/03/2018
F-15	NGC	Heritage Auctions	720.00	09/07/2017
XF-45	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,820.00	04/26/2017
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,292.50	02/16/2017
G-6	PCGS	Goldberg Auctioneers	400.00	02/13/2017
F-15	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	822.50	01/04/2017
VG-10	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	528.75	01/04/2017
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,292.50	01/04/2017
MS-62	NGC	Heritage Auctions	10,575.00	10/31/2016
PO-1	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	708.53	09/07/2016
F-15	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	881.25	09/07/2016
MS-63	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	14,687.50	07/07/2016
XF-40	NGC	Heritage Auctions	1,997.50	06/08/2016
VF-20	NONE	Bonham's	1,170.00	06/06/2016
VF-25	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	822.50	04/27/2016
G-4	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	305.50	02/07/2016
F-12	NGC	David Lawrence RC	725.00	01/25/2016
AU-50	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,115.00	01/06/2016
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,057.50	12/03/2015
F-12	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	705.00	12/03/2015
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,115.00	09/20/2015
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,115.00	07/12/2015
VG-8	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	517.00	06/07/2015
XF-45	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,585.00	01/07/2015
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,115.00	01/07/2015
AG-3	NGC	Heritage Auctions	258.50	11/02/2014
G-4	NGC	Heritage Auctions	258.50	09/22/2014
VF-35	NGC	Great Collections	1,072.50	09/14/2014
VG-10	NGC	Heritage Auctions	528.75	09/04/2014
G-6	NGC	Heritage Auctions	440.63	09/04/2014
XF-45	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	2,585.00	08/08/2014
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,410.00	07/10/2014
F-12	NGC	Heritage Auctions	675.63	07/10/2014
F-12	NGC	Heritage Auctions	470.00	07/10/2014
VG-8	NGC	Heritage Auctions	381.88	07/10/2014
MS-65+	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	70,500.00	06/23/2014
AU-50	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,468.75	06/04/2014
F-12	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,116.25	04/23/2014
PO-1	PCGS	David Lawrence RC	540.00	03/30/2014
PO-1	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	364.25	03/27/2014
AU-50	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,645.00	03/20/2014
VF-30	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,057.50	02/03/2014
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,527.50	01/08/2014
VF-20	NGC	Heritage Auctions	900.05	01/08/2014
AU-53	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	3,818.75	01/08/2014
VF-30	NGC	Heritage Auctions	1,175.00	12/05/2013
VF-30	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,410.00	12/05/2013
VG-8	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	558.00	12/05/2013
MS-67	NGC	Heritage Auctions	164,500.00	11/15/2013
VF-35	NGC	Heritage Auctions	1,528.00	11/15/2013
XF-40	NGC	Heritage Auctions	2,703.00	11/15/2013
VF-30	NGC	Heritage Auctions	1,410.00	11/15/2013
VG-10	NGC	Heritage Auctions	529.00	09/25/2013
VF-30	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,763.00	09/25/2013
VF-30	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	1,645.00	07/27/2013
XF-45	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	3,525.00	07/27/2013
PO-1	PCGS	Great Collections	908.00	07/21/2013
VF-20	NGC	Heritage Auctions	646.00	07/11/2013
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,880.00	06/05/2013
FR-2	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	153.00	06/05/2013
VG-10	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	588.00	04/24/2013
VG-10	NGC	Heritage Auctions	558.00	04/24/2013
XF-40	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	1,763.00	04/16/2013
XF-45	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	3,525.00	03/21/2013
G-4	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	470.00	02/22/2013
VG-10	NGC	Heritage Auctions	646.00	02/07/2013
VG-10	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	588.00	01/09/2013
VF-20	NGC	Heritage Auctions	529.00	01/09/2013
FR-2	PCGS	Great Collections	303.00	12/09/2012
VG-8	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	646.25	11/16/2012
VF-35	NGC	Stack's Bowers	1,527.50	11/16/2012
VG-10	NGC	Heritage Auctions	588.00	10/29/2012
F-15	NGC	Heritage Auctions	764.00	10/18/2012
G-6	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	499.00	10/18/2012
VG-10	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	646.00	10/18/2012
VF-25	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	07/12/2012
VF-30	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	07/12/2012
XF-40	NGC	Stack's Bowers	1,762.50	06/29/2012
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,495.00	05/30/2012
XF-40	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	2,099.00	03/22/2012
VF-25	NGC	Heritage Auctions	1,093.00	03/08/2012
F-15	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	978.00	02/20/2012
F-12	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	817.00	01/24/2012
VF-20	NGC	Stack's Bowers	1,006.00	11/15/2011
MS-63	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	19,550.00	11/08/2011
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,185.00	10/13/2011
AU-50	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	4,169.00	10/13/2011
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,185.00	10/13/2011
PO-1	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	719.00	09/13/2011
AG-3	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	374.00	09/07/2011
MS-62	NGC	Stack's Bowers	12,650.00	08/18/2011
PO-1	NGC	Stack's Bowers	690.00	08/13/2011
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,955.00	08/11/2011
G-6	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	605.00	07/07/2011
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,070.00	04/27/2011
VF-25	PCGS	Stack's Bowers	1,093.00	03/31/2011
G-4	NGC	Stack's Bowers	449.00	03/18/2011
F-15	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	920.00	02/03/2011
VF-30	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,265.00	01/05/2011
VG-10	NGC	Heritage Auctions	868.00	12/02/2010
VG-8	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	575.00	12/02/2010
F-15	PCGS	Bowers & Merena	920.00	11/03/2010
VF-30	PCGS	Bowers & Merena	1,305.00	11/03/2010
XF-40	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,840.00	08/11/2010
VF-25	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,150.00	07/08/2010
F-15	ANACS	Bonhams & Butterfields	878.00	05/30/2010
XF-40	PCGS	Bowers & Merena	1,910.00	11/16/2009
XF-40	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,955.00	10/22/2009
VF-30	PCGS	Stack's	1,553.00	05/01/2009
AG-3	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	253.00	04/15/2009
VG-10	ICG	Heritage Auctions	472.00	04/01/2009
VG-8	ICG	Heritage Auctions	633.00	04/01/2009
VF-25	PCGS	Coin Galleries	776.00	03/01/2009
XF-45	PCGS	Bowers & Merena	2,760.00	03/01/2009
XF-40	NCS	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	02/01/2009
VG-8	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	690.00	01/01/2009
AU-53	PCGS	Stack's	4,600.00	01/01/2009
XF-40	NGC	Heritage Auctions	2,070.00	12/04/2008
VG-8	DGS	David Lawrence RC	253.00	10/30/2008
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,840.00	10/01/2008
MS-62	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	14,950.00	09/01/2008
XF-40	ICG	Heritage Auctions	863.00	09/01/2008
XF-45	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,760.00	09/01/2008
VF-35	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,955.00	09/01/2008
XF-40	NCS	Heritage Auctions	1,098.00	09/01/2008
XF-45	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,990.00	07/30/2008
AG-3	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	431.00	07/30/2008
VF-20	NCS	Heritage Auctions	978.00	06/26/2008
XF-40	NCS	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	05/28/2008
VG-8	NGC	Heritage Auctions	489.00	05/28/2008
G-4	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	431.00	03/12/2008
F-12	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	633.00	01/23/2008
F-15	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	920.00	11/29/2007
VF-20	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	374.00	09/27/2007
MS-65+	NGC	Stack's	55,200.00	08/05/2007
VF-25	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	1,265.00	06/05/2007
VF-20	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	748.00	04/02/2007
VF-30	ANACS	David Lawrence RC	633.00	03/05/2007
XF-45	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	2,185.00	03/01/2007
XF-40	NONE	Scotsman	1,553.00	02/09/2007
XF-45	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	02/01/2007
VG-8	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	397.00	01/09/2007
F-12	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	127.00	10/30/2006
MS-60	NONE	Stack's	57,500.00	10/01/2006
XF-40	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,323.00	09/13/2006
VF-20	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	805.00	08/22/2006
VF-30	PCGS	David Lawrence RC	1,150.00	07/31/2006
VF-35	NGC	American Numismatic Rarities	1,035.00	06/21/2006
XF-45	PCGS	David Lawrence RC	2,070.00	04/24/2006
PO-1	PCGS	American Numismatic Rarities	56,000.00	03/14/2006
AU-50	PCGS	Goldberg Auctioneers	2,760.00	02/07/2006
XF-45	NGC	Heritage Auctions	2,185.00	01/24/2006
MS-63	PCGS	Stack's	10,350.00	11/30/2005
XF-45	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,380.00	06/29/2005
VF-20	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	345.00	06/06/2005
VF-20	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	546.00	06/06/2005
XF-40	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	575.00	03/24/2005
XF-45	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,265.00	03/24/2005
PO-1	PCGS	American Numismatic Rarities	1,900.00	03/08/2005
XF-45	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	01/12/2005
VF-35	NONE	American Numismatic Rarities	1,035.00	01/10/2005
G-4	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	138.00	01/05/2005
VF-20	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	431.00	12/13/2004
VF-20	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	167.00	09/13/2004
AU-53	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,013.00	09/09/2004
VG-8	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	196.00	08/23/2004
XF-40	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	776.00	07/20/2004
AU-53	NGC	Bowers & Merena	1,898.00	07/01/2004
MS-62	NGC	Stack's/ANR	8,625.00	06/23/2004
VG-8	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	150.00	06/16/2004
XF-45	NGC	Heritage Auctions	834.00	01/31/2004
MS-62	NGC	Superior Galleries	7,188.00	01/06/2004
MS-60	NONE	Stack's	5,750.00	09/09/2003
AU-53	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	09/01/2003
AU-50	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,070.00	09/01/2003
MS-60	NONE	Stack's	6,900.00	05/14/2003
AU-50	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	2,070.00	11/21/2002
MS-60	NONE	Stack's	7,763.00	10/01/2002
F-12	NGC	Heritage Auctions	190.00	09/29/2002
G-6	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	167.00	09/29/2002
VF-35	ICG	Heritage Auctions	330.00	10/10/2001
MS-63	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	5,060.00	10/03/2001
AU-58	NGC	Superior Galleries	2,415.00	10/01/2001
XF-45	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	426.00	08/08/2001
XF-40	NONE	Heritage Auctions	431.00	05/01/2001
MS-63	PCGS	Superior Galleries	7,188.00	10/01/2000
AU-50	SEGS	Superior Galleries	518.00	10/01/2000
XF-40	ANACS	Heritage Auctions	550.00	06/15/2000
XF-45	NONE	Heritage Auctions	1,035.00	05/04/2000
MS-60	NONE	Goldberg Auctioneers	2,760.00	02/06/2000
AU-50	PCGS	Heritage Auctions	604.00	01/08/2000
MS-62	PCGS	Bowers & Merena	6,440.00	01/05/1999
MS-62	NONE	Bowers & Merena	7,150.00	04/01/1997
MS-64	NONE	Bowers & Merena	7,700.00	01/25/1996
MS-65+	PCGS	RARCOA	49,500.00	08/10/1990
VF-30	NONE	Bowers & Merena	385.00	11/01/1988
AU-58	NONE	Bowers & Merena	3,080.00	11/01/1988
MS-65+	NONE	Bowers & Ruddy	22,000.00	11/01/1979
F-15	NONE	B. Max Mehl	3.15	06/01/1941
F-12	NONE	Numismatic Gallery	9.00	04/01/1941
XF-40	NONE	Numismatic Gallery	20.00	04/01/1941