1876-S 50C MS(PCGS#6354)
1876-S 50C MS (PCGS#6354)
June 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2145
- 等级
- MS65
- 价格
- 28,400
- 详细说明
- This exquisite upper end Gem exhibits softly frosted motifs set against semi-reflective fields. The entire package is beautifully and lightly toned in iridescent pearl gray and powder blue. The strike is full, the surfaces are expertly preserved, and the eye appeal is outstanding. The Specie Payment Resumption Act of January 14, 1875, ushered in a brief period of heightened half dollar production that lasted into 1878. With the government seeking to remove the paper currency that had become prevalent in circulation during and after the Civil War and replace it with "hard money," the three operating mints at the time (Philadelphia, Carson City and San Francisco) increased production of the dime, quarter and half dollar. The 1876-S is the second of three high mintage half dollar deliveries from the San Francisco Mint during this era, with 4,528,000 pieces being produced, making this a relatively plentiful issue in most grades. We stress that word "most" here for in the finest Mint State grades, as here, the 1876-S emerges as a noteworthy condition rarity. This is certainly a superior quality survivor which has few peers among Motto Liberty Seated half dollars of any issue. An exquisite coin destined for inclusion in an advanced cabinet.