1908-S 50C MS(PCGS#6515)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

경매인

Stack's Bowers

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1422

등급

MS67

가격

33,600

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Underrated 1908-S Half Dollar Among the Finest Known Extraordinary Quality 1908-S Barber Half Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS). CAC. OGH. Beautiful champagne-pink and reddish-apricot toning is seen over frosty surfaces, with subtle hints of powder blue at the peripheries. Both sides also display a superior strike and expert preservation -- everything one could hope for in a Condition Census survivor of this key date issue. The 1908-S has a mintage of 1,764,000 pieces and, as a 20th century Barber half dollar issue, ostensibly should be easy to find in most Mint State grades. Yet, as David Lawrence (1991) notes, it is "underrated because of fairly high mintage." In other words, its true scarcity is overlooked. The 1908-S, in fact, is a close second to the 1907-S in terms of Mint State rarity among late date Barber half dollars. Far finer than normally seen, even in the most exceptional cabinets, the Eliasberg-Miller specimen will attract much attention in this and future market appearances. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. Earlier ex our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, April 1997, lot 2117. PCGS Population: 2; 0 finer. CAC Population: 1; 0. PCGS# 6515. NGC ID: 24N7. Click here for certification details from PCGS.