The so-called transitional half dollar using the reverse of 1866-1891. These and the other "with motto" patterns of this date and also 1863 and 1864 are actually restrikes made circa 1869 and into the early 1870s and offered with restrikes of other denominations in complete sets. The first definite sales occurance for an 1865 with motto set was in the October 1870 Mason & Company sale of the Fewsmith collection. A possible earlier listing may be Cogan's September 1869 sale. It is possible that some of these are original 1865 strikings. Examples were also struck as follows: Silver J429/P502 with about a dozen known. Copper J430/P503 with about a dozen known. Aluminum J431/P504 which is unique. Photo courtesy of Stacks.