1921-S 50C MS(PCGS#6585)

The Summer 2022 Global Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

7065

Grade

MS64

Price

50,400

Lot Description

Lovely Key Date 1921-S Half Dollar 1921-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar. MS-64 (PCGS). Fully lustrous and close to brilliant, the lovely light golden surfaces of this near-Gem Walking Liberty half dollar are smooth in hand and display excellent eye appeal. An uncommonly well produced example with a bold strike that includes emerging definition to Liberty's head and left hand. Although produced in greater numbers than both the 1921 and 1921-D, the 1921-S (548,000 coins struck) is the leading Walking Liberty half dollar rarity in Mint State. Our own Jeff Ambio (Collecting & Investing Strategies for Walking Liberty Half Dollars, 2008) ranks the 1921-S as the second rarest issue of its type at and above the MS-65 grade level. He accounts for only 150 to 210 survivors in all Mint State grades, such a paltry total confirming that this issue suffered a much higher rate of attrition through circulation than its 1921-dated counterparts from the Philadelphia and Denver mints. The 1921-S is also an important strike rarity, and it is only once in a very long while that the opportunity arises to acquire such a bold and attractive piece as the present example. Provenance: From our Baltimore Auction of October 2018, lot 2081. PCGS# 6585. NGC ID: 24R8. Click here for certification details from PCGS. Image with the PCGS TrueView logo is obtained from and is subject to a license agreement with Collectors Universe, Inc. and its divisions PCGS and PSA.