1949-D 50C, FBL MS(PCGS#86654)

1949-D 50C, FBL MS (PCGS#86654)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

详细说明: Almost certainly a former Mint Set coin, this handsome Denver Mint Franklin half dollar exhibits rich, mottled obverse toning in warm reddish-russet and more vivid salmon-pink and sea-green colors. The reverse is more reserved, but still toned, in this case in a dusting of sandy-silver patina. Both sides retain full mint luster in a luxurious frosty texture. Silky smooth in appearance with a razor sharp strike throughout the design.The most conditionally challenging Franklin half dollar produced up to that point in time, the 1949-D is virtually unobtainable in a PCGS MS-67 FBL holder. In fact, as of 2023, when he published the fourth edition of his Guide Book of Franklin & Kennedy Half Dollars, Rick Tomaska observed:MS-67 and MS-67 FBL. Perhaps a fantasy coin. None have been graded by either of the major services, and one wonders if they ever will be.Clearly the offered specimen is a newcomer to the market in a PCGS MS-67 FBL holder. As only of only five (!) grading events now reported at this level by PCGS, it a high Condition Census example for the issue - tied for second finest, in fact, behind the PCGS/CAC MS-67 FBL that sold in our November 2024 Showcase Auction. We anticipate both strong bidder competition and a strong price when this remarkable strike and condition rarity goes to its new owner.