1852 50C MS(PCGS#6268)

Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

4109

Grade

MS62

Price

3,360

Lot Description

Soft satin luster mingles with warm golden-gray patina, the obverse also with a few glints of intermingled powder blue. Just 77,130 circulation strike half dollars were produced in the Philadelphia Mint in 1852, the vast majority of which were hoarded, exported and eventually melted during an era when the precious metal value of old tenor U.S. Mint silver coins exceeded face value.