1894-S 50C MS(PCGS#6470)
1894-S 50C MS (PCGS#6470)
Spring 2022 U.S. Coins Auction
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 2318
- 等级
- MS64
- 价格
- 11,462
- 详细说明
- 1894-S Barber Half Dollar. MS-64 (PCGS). CAC. This richly original example exhibits mottled steel-olive and russet toning to a base of warm pearl-gray patina. Fully lustrous with a sharp strike, a few light field marks before Liberty's portrait are all that preclude a higher grade. After producing only 740,000 coins in 1893, half dollar production at the San Francisco Mint soared to more than 4 million pieces in 1894. With one of the highest mintages in the series, 1894-S numbers among the most frequently encountered Barber half dollars from the 1890s. Most survivors are circulated, of course, in which grades Q. David Bowers (2019) provides an estimate of 8,000 to 10,000 coins extant. The generous mintage also helped make the 1894-S one of the more readily obtainable San Francisco Mint half dollars of its era in Mint State. The present example is well suited for an advanced Barber collection or a high grade mintmarked type set. PCGS# 6470. NGC ID: 24LR. Click here for certification details from PCGS.