1917-S 50C Reverse MS(PCGS#6573)

November 2020 U.S. Coins Auction

Auctioneer

Stack's Bowers

Lot Number

6248

Grade

MS64

Price

5,760

Lot Description

1917-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar. Reverse Mintmark. MS-64 (NGC). CAC. OH. This attractively original example exhibits mottled reddish-rose peripheral toning that yields to lighter champagne-gold iridescence toward the centers. Boldly to sharply defined overall with full appealing mint luster. The conditionally challenged 1917-S Reverse Mintmark issue is a much rarer Walker in the finer Mint State grades than a mintage of 5.5 million pieces might imply. This is a second-year issue, which means that it benefited from neither the first-year status of the 1916-dated issues nor the more advanced numismatic activity of the 1940s, both of which resulted in greater numbers of Mint State coins being saved. Scarce at the present grade level, the Larry H. Miller specimen is a premium MS-64 that would make an impressive addition to another advanced collection. Provenance: From the Larry H. Miller Collection. PCGS# 6573. NGC ID: 24PU. Click here for certification details from NGC.