1892-S 50C MS(PCGS#6464)

December 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Commissaire-priseur

Stack's Bowers

Numéro du lot

1371

Grade

MS65

Prix

6 600

Description du lot

1892-S Barber Half Dollar. MS-65 (PCGS). CAC. OGH. This attractive Gem Mint State example is brilliant apart from the lightest iridescent gold toning that is a bit bolder on the reverse. The strike is impressively sharp for an early date San Francisco Mint Barber half dollar, both sides with virtually full definition throughout the design. Full, smooth, satin to softly frosted luster enhances the appeal of this impressive strike and condition rarity. Although it has the highest mintage of the three 1892-dated issues in the Barber half dollar series, the 1892-S is the rarest in Mint State. Obviously less attention was paid to this West Coast half dollar by contemporary Americans than to the 1892 and 1892-O. The 1892-S still benefited from its first year status, however, and it has a slightly more generous Mint State population that most other San Francisco Mint half dollars from the 1890s. Yet even so, commercial use claimed the vast majority of the 1,029,028 coins struck for the 1892-S, David Lawrence (1991) estimates that "perhaps 95% of this date exist in G/AG." Among Uncirculated survivors few grade finer than Choice, this being only our second offering for a Gem Mint State 1892-S over the 15 years. As with so many offerings from the fabulous Larry H. Miller Collection, the word "opportunity" comes to the fore. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. PCGS Population: 14; 7 finer (MS-67+ finest). PCGS# 6464. NGC ID: 24LJ. Click here for certification details from PCGS.