1905-S 50C MS(PCGS#6503)

Summer 2025 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

4505

Grade

MS64+

Prix

3 000

Description du lot

The 1905-S is one of the surprise condition rarities in the Barber half dollar series, an issue that David Lawrence (1991) describes as, "A sleeper in MS (like the 1910-S) and underrated." While mintmarked half dollar issues of this type were generally overlooked by contemporary numismatists, the 1905-S suffered an especially high rate of attrition and is far rarer in Choice and Gem Mint State than a mintage of 2,494,000 pieces might imply. This is only the third high grade Uncirculated example that we have offered in more than a decade. It is a sharply struck, lustrous, and warmly toned in rose-gray iridescence that deepens a bit at the borders. Once again, as so often in our sales, the word "opportunity" comes to the fore.