1952 50C, FBL MS(PCGS#86661)

June 2021 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

2150

等级

MS67+FBL

价格

61,431

详细说明

Beautifully Toned, Virtually Pristine 1952 Half Dollar 1952 Franklin Half Dollar. MS-67+ FBL (PCGS). This outstanding Superb Gem is far more beautiful than any other circulation strike 1952 half dollar that your cataloger (JLA) can ever recall handling, a comment that includes other Superb Gems as well as other toned examples. Vivid golden-olive iridescence is dominant on the obverse, bold cobalt blue and pinkish-rose colors confined to the periphery. For the reverse we note mottled overtones of reddish-russet to a base of pinkish-silver. The luster is full and frosty, and the strike is razor sharp over even the most trivial design elements. Writing in the 2018 edition of the Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars, Rick Tomaska describes the 1952 in MS-67 and MS-67 FBL as: "Rare...I have handled only five or six attractive examples in this highest grade going back to 1991. All were Mint set toned with better-than-average color." Indeed, the coin offered here is far more attractively toned than the typical Mint set Franklin half, which tends to have rather dark, splotchy colors on one or both sides. When combined with its outstanding striking quality and amazing preservation, this coin is quite possibly the finest Mint State 1952 half dollar available in the numismatic market. Phenomenal! PCGS Population: 6; 0 finer in this category. PCGS# 86661. NGC ID: 24T3. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.