1936-D 50C San Diego MS(PCGS#9372)

1936-D 50C San Diego MS (PCGS#9372)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Losbeschreibung: Lovely peripheral toning in halos of exceptionally vivid steely-rose, salmon-pink, golden-orange and powder blue frame brilliant centers. The surfaces are intensely lustrous with a smooth, satiny texture that borders on pristine. This two-year type was issued in conjunction with the California-Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego. The Act of May 3, 1935, authorized a maximum mintage of 250,000 pieces in 1935, as well as 180,000 pieces in 1936. The authorized mintage for the latter year was struck in the Denver Mint, but only 30,000 examples were actually distributed (as opposed to 70,000 coins for the 1935-S). The 1936-D is scarcer than the 1935-S in the finest Mint State grades and, indeed, this is the only the second certified MS-68 Denver Mint example that we have handled in recent decades. An important bidding opportunity not to be missed.<p>The California-Pacific International Exposition was held in Balboa Park, San Diego. The exposition was held to promote San Diego and support its economy, which had suffered considerably during the Great Depression. It was so successful financially during its 1935 run that its gates were opened to the public again in 1936. The half dollars of 1935 and 1936 were designed by Robert Aitken, who also designed the Panama-Pacific Exposition $50 gold commemoratives of 1915.