1925 50C Fort Vancouver MS(PCGS#9399)

June 2026 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4289

Grade

MS67+

Price

2,684

Lot Description

This high grade beauty exhibits gently mottled reddish-rose and powder blue iridescence on smooth, intensely lustrous surfaces. The headquarters of the Hudson's Bay Company, the fur trading post of Fort Vancouver, was founded in 1825 on the Columbia River in present day Vancouver, Washington. The Act of February 24, 1925, authorized an issue of no more than 300,000 half dollars to commemorate this event. The San Francisco Mint struck 50,000 coins for distribution (although the S mintmark was omitted), only 14,966 examples of which were actually sold. This is a virtually perfect survivor that would do justice to the finest cabinet.