1948 50C, FBL MS(PCGS#86651)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

4555

等级

MS67+FBL

价格

27,420

详细说明

Gorgeous surfaces are dusted with lemon-yellow, champagne-apricot, pale rose and powder blue iridescence. Full, soft satin luster flows serenely over surfaces that are free of even the most trivial blemishes. Striking detail is exceptional for the type. This lovely Superb Gem is a real treat for the connoisseur. Along with the 1948-D, the 1948 Philadelphia Mint is one of the most desirable type candidates in the circulation strike Franklin half dollar series. Not only are these first-year issues - always popular among type collectors - but they benefited from being struck from working dies prepared using a fresh, crisp master die. The finer details in the master die would soften with time, but in 1948 it imparted such outstanding definition to the working dies that a sharply struck 1948 or 1948-D allows one to fully appreciate this handsome 20th century U.S. Mint design.<p>Full Bell Lines examples of the 1948 also enjoy strong demand among advanced Franklin half dollar specialists, especially in Superb Gem Mint State, at which grade level they are rare. Writing in the 2023 edition of his <em>Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars</em>, Rick Tomaska observes: "For the collector assembling that ultimate set, the goal should be to acquire a 1948-P [sic] in MS-67 FBL." Our offering of this PCGS-certified example in MS-67+ FBL represents a particularly rare and fleeting opportunity for astute bidders, one that deserves undivided attention and the strongest bids.