2002 September Long Beach Signature Sale Sale #300 - Session 5

1937-D 50C Oregon MS67 ICG. Light golden coloring covers both sides of this attractive Gem, with speckles of iridescent orange and blue becoming heavi

1937-D 50C Oregon MS68 NGC. The obverse has competitive swirls of copper-gold, lime-green, and stone-gray colors, while the reverse has a lightly tone

1937-D 50C Oregon MS68 PCGS. Lovely golden-brown and yellow-green peripheral patina frames the lavender centers. An impressive struck Superb Gem that

1937-D 50C Oregon MS68 NGC. The obverse has magnificent deep ruby-red, gold, apple-green, and lilac patina. The reverse has the 'tab toning'...

1938 50C Oregon MS66 PCGS. The lavender centers are ringed with bright olive-green patina. A lustrous and carefully preserved Gem. The right half of t

1938 50C Oregon MS67 PCGS. Faint yellow-gold and lilac patina. A sharply struck Superb Gem with good luster and impressive preservation. The obverse i

1938 50C Oregon MS67 NGC. Rich lilac patina, with golden-brown color at the margins. Sharply struck with exquisite surfaces and modest luster. Only 6,

1938-D 50C Oregon MS65 NGC. The borders have deep burnt-russet patina. A nicely struck Gem with good luster and impressive surfaces. The obverse is mu

1938-D 50C Oregon MS66 NGC. A lustrous, well struck commemorative with nary a hint of patination on either side. The surfaces are smooth and show no o

1938-D 50C Oregon MS66 PCGS. A lustrous, well struck example of one of our finest commemorative designs, with touches of golden toning and the odd bit

1938-D 50C Oregon MS67 PCGS. Satiny and mostly white, with yellow hints on the peripheries. great eye-appeal in a coin that is seldom encountered this

1938-S 50C Oregon MS67 ICG. The obverse is tab toned, with sea-green color at the borders and gentle lilac patina elsewhere except in the very center.

1938 50C Oregon MS66 PCGS, a well struck Gem with good luster and silver-gray color; 1938-D Oregon MS66 NGC, exquisitely preserved, brilliant, and lus

1939 50C Oregon MS67 NGC. A brilliant and well struck Superb Gem with good luster and completely undisturbed surfaces. Issued only as part of a PDS se

1939-S 50C Oregon MS66 PCGS. Both sides are satiny in finish and mostly white, with hints of toning here and there. A sharp looking Gem. Important not

1939-S 50C Oregon MS67 NGC. Gently toned with shades of lavender, russet, and copper-gold color. Well struck and remarkably close to fully pristine. I

1939 50C Oregon PDS Set MS66 NGC. The P-mint example is well struck and carefully preserved. The D-mint representative has peripheral green-gray patin

1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS63 Questionable Toning Uncertified. The surfaces have deep concord-grape patina. The rims have a few miniscule contact mar

1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS64 PCGS. A well struck and impressively preserved Commemorative that would surely merit a full Gem designation if the lust

1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS65 PCGS. An important Gem quality survivor of this well-known condition rarity, the surfaces are free of all but a few wel

1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS66 NGC. Much of the original brilliance remains on each side with deeper russet hues around the margins. Nearly abrasion-f

1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS66 PCGS. The low mintage, poorly preserved Pan-Pac Half is one of the keys to the U.S. Commemorative series. Among the smo

1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS67 NGC. The obverse has lovely bands of powder-blue, rose-violet, and aqua-green color that encroach upon the golden cente

1920 50C Pilgrim MS65 PCGS. A highly lustrous and well struck Gem that has impressive surfaces. The arm of the pilgrim has a series of spidery die cra

1920 50C Pilgrim MS65 NGC. A brilliant and lustrous Gem that has a bold strike. The obverse die was not fully polished below the motto, and as a resul

1920 50C Pilgrim MS66 PCGS. A hint of golden toning accents this otherwise blazing white Gem example of the much-loved Pilgrim design. Satiny luster a

1920 50C Pilgrim MS66 PCGS. Light silver toning covers both sides of this well-struck Pilgrim. Important notice: We expect to be auctioning lots at th

1920 50C Pilgrim MS67 PCGS. While we frequently handle Gem quality examples of both the 1920 and 1921 Pilgrim Half Dollars, the present example is onl

1921 50C Pilgrim MS65 PCGS. Original yellow-green and orange-rose patina. A well struck Gem with flashy luster and impressive surfaces. Considerably s

1921 50C Pilgrim MS65 PCGS. Well struck in the centers, with only a hint of softness of strike on the peripheral legends. A brilliant, lustrous, and c

1921 50C Pilgrim MS65 PCGS. Soft iridescent pastels in pink and lavender cover the obverse of this Pilgrim Gem, while the reverse displays light golde

1921 50C Pilgrim MS66 PCGS. A lustrous example embraced by mere hints of original toning. While not 'rare' graded MS66, such eye-appealing P...

1921 50C Pilgrim MS66 PCGS. A lustrous white example, with shimmering satiny surfaces free of all but the most trivial grazes. Important notice: We ex

1921 50C Pilgrim MS66 PCGS. The richly frosted and virtually pristine surfaces are awash in delicate lavender-brown patination. A lovely Gem in all re

1921 50C Pilgrim MS67 NGC. A brilliant and highly lustrous Superb Gem that has gorgeous and immaculate surfaces. The devices are razor-sharp, while th

1936 50C Rhode Island MS66 PCGS. Predominantly milky-lilac in patina, with some speckles of golden-brown color at the periphery. A well struck Gem wit

1936 50C Rhode Island MS67 PCGS. Rhode Island commems, with their clean, open fields, have a tendency to show every mark (there being so few design el

1936-D 50C Rhode Island MS66 PCGS. Light gray toning covers both sides of this interesting looking commemorative, with iridescent olive and brown on t

1936-D 50C Rhode Island MS67 PCGS. The periphery has a rich band of copper-gold patina, while the centers are lightly toned with only occasional sprin

1936-D 50C Rhode Island MS67 PCGS. Speckled golden-brown patina frames the lightly toned centers. A well struck Superb Gem that has pleasing luster an

1936 SET Rhode Island PDS Set MS65 NGC. Ann attractive matched original set, mostly white, with occasional hints of color. Important notice: We expect

1936 50C Rhode Island MS65 Prooflike NGC, a brilliant, bright, and lustrous Gem with nearly pristine surfaces; 1936-D Rhode Island MS65 NGC, dusky lil

1937 50C Roanoke MS65 PCGS, two examples, both are well struck Gems with good luster and immaculate surfaces. They have light color on the reverse, an

1937 50C Roanoke MS66 NGC. The obverse has splendid tab toning, with the nearly brilliant center surrounded by vivid tobacco-brown, ruby-red, and turt

1937 50C Roanoke MS67 PCGS. The lemon-gold patina is especially bright and abundant on the reverse. A highly lustrous Superb Gem with a razor-sharp st

1937 50C Roanoke MS67 PCGS. The arc of iridescent orange and olive toning on the obverse is a mere hint of the wild display of tab-toning on the rever

1937 50C Roanoke MS68 NGC. This lovely Superb Gem is certainly among the most pristine and blatantly original Roanoke Halves extant. Rich crimson-russ

1936 50C Robinson MS65 NGC. The reverse has the original yellow-green 'tab' toning that is often coveted by specialists. A lustrous and well...

1926 50C Sesquicentennial MS64 PCGS. The lightly abraded surfaces display light silvery toning on each side. Well struck and attractive for the issue

1926 50C Sesquicentennial MS64 PCGS. A flashy, bright Sesqui with nearly enough detail to move up from the near-Gem classification. Clean, satiny fiel