1937 50C Roanoke MS67+ 认证号39284685, PCGS号9367

[RG-032]* 1937 USA Commemorative Half Dollar Roanoke MS67+ { PCGS-5 }. Virginia Dare was the first English child born in the New World at Roanoke. What happened to her and the other settlers is a matter of speculation; but she is remembered on this commemorative in the arms of her mother. She is only known at all because John White, Virginia's grandfather and the governor of the colony, returned to England in 1587 to seek fresh supplies. When he returned years later the colonists were gone. Gorgeous cartwheel luster swims in the fields breathing life into the figures including the popular and rule-breaking Sir Walter Raleigh. But for this set, it's the reverse that we're interested in where a mother holds her baby girl and two sailing ships appear in the fields on either side in the background. The baby's head and eyes are nicely defined and prominent. All devices are particularly well struck on this gem remembering the Sesquarcentennial of the Colonization of Roanoke Island. * Number 32 in Ron Guth's book "100 Greatest Women in Coins".

David Hall

The 1937 Roanoke is one of the least rare, yet most popular silver commemoratives. There were 50,000 originally struck and they were to be sold at an issue price of $1.65. However, by 1937 the first wave of commemorative collecting fever had subsided and 21,000 Roanokes were returned to the Mint as unsold and were subsequently melted.

Today, the Roanoke is quite popular, probably due to the fact that it was a very "legitimate", historically important issue (commemorating the first settlers in Virginia and the birth of Virginia Dare) and the Roanoke is a beautiful design. In terms of rarity, the Roanoke is one of the more common silver commems in uncirculated grades, especially in Gem condition. It is in the same rarity class as the Elgin, Norfolk, Wisconsin, and York. It is more common than the Albany, Antietam, Gettysburg, and New Rochelle.

The typical Roankoe has highly lustrous, mark-free surfaces. The average grade is MS64 to MS66 and MS67's are fairly available. Roanokes come really nice!