1945-S 50C MS(PCGS#6626)

December 2025 Showcase Auction - The James A. Stack, Sr. Collection Part I

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

22080

Grade

MS67+

Price

4,680

Lot Description

At the threshold of numismatic perfection, this lovely Superb Gem offers superior technical merits and exceptional eye appeal. Both sides are warmly toned in champagne-gold iridescence with warmer reddish-rose and cobalt blue patina at the borders. Billowy and smooth mint frost is seen throughout. The strike is characteristic for the issue, a bit soft at isolated high points, yet sharp to full elsewhere. A median rarity among late date Walking Liberty half dollars, the 1945-S is scarcer in Mint State than the 1945-D, 1946-D and 1946-S. This is one of the very finest certified survivors from a mintage of 10,156,000 pieces, and it would fit comfortably into any high grade collection.