1898-S 50C MS(PCGS#6482)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

拍卖行

Stack's Bowers

批号

1389

等级

MS66

价格

86,515

详细说明

Condition Rarity 1898-S Half Dollar Acquired Directly from the San Francisco Mint 1898-S Barber Half Dollar. MS-66 (PCGS). OGH. This coin is an exceptionally attractive example of an issue that when seen is apt to be in significantly lower grades. Light champagne-apricot and reddish-rose iridescence mingles nicely with softly frosted luster. Tinges of pale powder blue are evident here and there at the borders. The strike is full over even the most intricate design elements, and the surfaces are as nice as would be expected for the impressive premium Gem Mint State grade assigned by PCGS. This is a splendid coin from both technical and aesthetic viewpoints, one that will certainly please the connoisseur. The 1898-S has a below average rate of survival for a San Francisco Mint Barber half dollar from the 1890s, especially given its mintage of 2,358,550 coins. In addition to domestic circulation, which was extensive, many examples were shipped to the Philippine Islands after the Spanish-American War ended in the summer of that year. Such use further diminished the number of coins that could be preserved in Mint State. Additional half dollars from the 1899-S and 1900-S issues were also sent to the Philippines, David Lawrence (1991) noting that the 1898-S is the scarcest of these three issues. This particularly impressive survivor is one of the several Clapp-Eliasberg-Miller Barber half dollars in this sale that John M. Clapp acquired directly from the mint in the year of issue. It is a Condition Census example of a challenging key date issue that will be just right for another world class cabinet. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. Earlier ex John M. Clapp, acquired directly from the San Francisco Mint, November 1898; John H. Clapp; Clapp estate, 1942; Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr.; our (Bowers and Merena's) sale of the Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection, April 1997, lot 2084. PCGS Population: 4; 2 finer (both MS-66+). PCGS# 6482. NGC ID: 24M5. Click here for certification details from PCGS.