1917-S 50C Obverse MS(PCGS#6572)

November 2019 Baltimore U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

1377

Grade

MS62

Price

4,080

Lot Description

1917-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Obverse Mintmark. MS-62 (PCGS). A lustrous Mint State example with a uniformly satiny texture throughout the fields. The complexion is a pearly silver hue with traces of bronze iridescence near the borders. Attractive and free from any distracting blemishes. While the 1917-D Obverse Mintmark has a lower mintage (765,400 vs. 952,000 pieces), the 1917-S Obverse Mintmark is the rarest of the second year issues in the Walking Liberty half dollar series. In terms of total number of Uncirculated coins believed extant, the 1917-S Obverse is among the rarest Walking Liberty half dollars of any issue, after only the 1921-S, 1919-S, 1919-D, 1921-D and 1920-D. Few examples were kept from entering circulation and Mint State survivors are scarce to rare in all grades. Provenance: Acquired from Stack's in 1985. PCGS# 6572. NGC ID: 24PT. Click here for certification details from PCGS.