1940-S 50C MS(PCGS#6610)

February 2025 Showcase Auction - U.S. Coins

Auktionator

Stack's Bowers

Losnummer

1099

Erhaltungsgrad

MS67

Preis

9.300

Losbeschreibung

A pearly and largely brilliant Superb Gem, but with a crescent of olive-russet iridescence liming the upper left border on the obverse. The fields are blanketed in a distinct satiny texture that remains incredibly composed under magnification. Nicely struck for the issue, with pleasing definition to Liberty's outstretched hand.<p>With just 4.5 million coins struck, the 1940-S is among the lower mintage half dollar issues of the 1940s, falling well below the 9.1 million coins struck in Philadelphia the same year and also the 8 million struck in San Francisco in 1941. While readily available in Mint State, it is the rarest Walking Liberty issue of this era in Gem condition and becomes even scarcer at the Superb level. The present MS-67 is among the very finest certified, with only three graded finer by PCGS.