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1919-D 50C MS63 ANACS. The 1919-D, one of the key issu 1919-D[50C] MS63 ANACS.

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1919-D 50C MS63 ANACS. The 1919-D, one of the key issu 1919-D[50C] MS63 ANACS.
<B>1919-D<50C> MS63 ANACS.</B></I> The 1919-D, one of the key issues in the Walking Liberty half dollar series, was struck to the tune of 1,165,000 pieces. Walter Breen, in his 1988 <I>Complete Encyclopedia of U.S. and Colonial Coins,</B></I> writes that most Uncirculated mintmarked dates between 1917 and 1929 are from rolls accumulated during the 1930s. He contends that very few rolls of the '19-D (as well as other certain other issues between 1919 and 1921) were located in these hoards, attesting to the rarity of this issue in Mint State.<BR> The 1919-D is typically weakly struck, especially on Liberty's head and on the left hand. The current MS63 example displays weakness on the head, but the left thumb shows some fairly good definition. Nice luster is apparent on both sides, and is overlain by a thin veneer of champagne-gold color. Interestingly, a narrow band of die striations are visible near the rim in the upper right (facing) obverse quadrant, as well as on the upper reverse, again closely following the rim. A few minute contact marks are noted on Liberty's left leg.