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Volume #21 in Whitman's best-selling Bowers Series covers the full expanse of Liberty Seated coinagehalf dimes, dimes, twenty-cent pieces, quarters, half dollars, Gobrecht dollars, silver dollars, and trade dollars. This classic U.S. coin design features the Goddess of Liberty seated with a cap and pole. It was first used in 1836 and ceased in 1891, having survived the Hard Times Era and the Civil War and its aftermath, finally retiring during America's Gilded Age.