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1901-S 50C MS67 NGC

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / US Coins Start Price:26,000.00 USD Estimated At:1.00 - 1,000,000.00 USD
1901-S 50C MS67 NGC
<B>1901-S 50C MS67 NGC.</B></I> Ex: Eliasberg. The San Francisco Mint's output of half dollars in 1901 amounted to just 847,044 pieces. Writing in 1991, David Lawrence opined that the '01-S is the rarest Barber half in Mint State after the 1904-S and 1896-O. The Superb Gem offered here is typically bold and displays peerless surfaces under a coating of mottled dove-gray patina. Perhaps no other pedigree in U.S. numismatics is as illustrious as those originating from the Eliasberg Collection. It is well known that J.M. Clapp and his son John obtained branch mint coinage from the late 19th and early 20th centuries was obtained by directly from the various mints. Many of the finest known silver and gold coins from this era are the beneficiary of this practice, this coin included.<BR> The Bowers and Merena cataloger wrote of this lot, which was graded MS-66 in the Eliasberg Collection, "Light champagne and freckled gold toning over somewhat prooflike surfaces. The Eliasberg coin is an amazing specimen of a variety which if in MS-63 or MS-64 (as in the James Bennett Pryor cabinet) would be notable, but which at this level is truly amazing. Directly from the Mint to the Clapp Collection to the Eliasberg Collection to the new bidder, this specimen will forever be a landmark in the Barber half dollar series.<BR> "Without even addressing higher grades, which are generally unavailable, David Lawrence in his <I>Complete Guide </B></I>notes that the 1901-S 'is on almost everyone's want list from MS-63.' "<BR> The piece has since, of course, been certified as an MS67 by NGC. Population: 1 in 67, 0 finer (11/07). PCGS has certified two MS67 pieces.<BR><I>Ex: Purchased by J.M. Clapp directly from the San Francisco Mint in March 1901; John H. Clapp; Clapp Estate, 1942, to Louis Eliasberg, Sr.; Eliasberg Collection (Bowers and Merena, 4/1997), lot 2093.</B></I> <BR><BR><B>Coin Engraver:</B> Charles E. Barber<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Coins & Currency (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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