1907-S 50C MS8 PCGS号6511

Ron Guth

The 1907-S Half Dollar may be a sleeper no longer, but it is certainly a rare enough coin.  It has one of the lowest total populations of the later-year Barber Half Dollars and it is sufficiently scarce in Mint State that it deserves respect from collectors.  It compares favorably with the 1908-S, which is another tougher date, and it is even more challenging in Mint State than the venerable 1906-S.  MS66 examples are very rare, with only a couple of MS67's besting them.  The finest example of which we are aware is the colorful PCGS MS67+ that once graced the collections of Dr. Duckor (and his wife) and the late Eugene Gardner.

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David Akers

The 1907-S has sometimes been referred to as a "sleeper" issue or an underrated one in Gem condition. For years, of course, that was true, but in recent times the 1907-S has come to be appreciated for its rarity more than some other issues (for example, the 1908-S...) which are almost as rare as the 1907-S in Gem condition, and yet, according to every standard pricing guide, are worth substantially less. So it may not be really appropriate to continue to describe the 1907-S as underrated, but it is certainly accurate to describe a Gem of this issue as being very rare.