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***Auction Highlight*** 1935-s San Diego Old Commem Half Dollar 50c Graded ms68 By SEGS (fc)

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:4.00 USD Estimated At:7,287.50 - 14,575.00 USD
***Auction Highlight*** 1935-s San Diego Old Commem Half Dollar 50c Graded ms68 By SEGS (fc)
***Auction Highlight*** 1935-s San Diego Old Commem Half Dollar 50c Graded ms68 By SEGS. When looking at a San Diego half look for the first signs of wear on Minerva’s knees and on the upper-right portion of the tower. The production history of this issue is very interesting. The Act of May 3, 1935 authorized the San Francisco Mint to strike Commemorative Half Dollars for sale at the 1935-1936 San Diego World's Fair. A total of 250,132 pieces dated 1935-S were delivered, but only 70,132 coins were actually distributed. The remainder were melted and recoined into examples dated 1936-D, this under the terms of the Act of May 6, 1936. 150,000 examples of the 1936-D delivery, however, were also melted as unsold, leaving a net mintage for that issue of 30,092 coins.The present representative is one of the three finest certified 1935-S San Diego Half Dollars. We cannot overstate the importance of this offering for the advanced collector. Like the other coins with such a lofty grade, this lovely Superb Gem possesses solid technical quality for the assigned grade. The surfaces are alive with swirling mint frost and surfaces which untoned, silver-grey. A nearly abrasion-free survivor with extraordinary eye appeal.