Superior Galleries Santa Clara Elite Auction

What is most in full view when we examine this '42-D is its thick, rolling mint luster -- it swirls over each side unhindered by heavy abrasions...

Fully radiant - an important and desirable feature for this not all that well preserved issue -- the surfaces display metallic pearl-white color whose

This fully struck Gem has glowing icy white surfaces and no mentionable problems on either side. Very affordable in Gem condition and with intact mint

The surfaces are bright from the lovely mint frost that swirls around both sides. Struck with preciseness typical of this well-made P-mint issue.

The appreciable number of Gem survivors never fail to excite bidders when they appear at auction since collectors know these later P-mint dates are ne

Clean as a whistle, as one would look forward to from the 66 grade; however, what really makes this break free from others is its cartwheel luster tha

A lustrous Gem that has icy color that shoots out beams of white and a good strike, with a dash of color at the rim on the obverse plus more developed

A radiant example, fully struck with silver color that rises and falls in an almost rhythmic display of frostiness.

Gleaming, satiny luster and excellent detail. The surfaces are mostly untoned. One PCGS, one NGC, both MS65.

Both the peripheries and the central areas are impressive for their sharpness of strike, and the frosty textured surfaces are glistening underneath li

Bright satin finish, sparkling as when first issued. Difficult to find. The only weak spot in the strike is seen at the upper skirt lines.

Swirls of silvery cartwheel luster with richer texture than average for a 1946 half dollar.

A problem-free coin bursting with satin luster, vivid and nicely toned in appearance. What's more, the surfaces acquit themselves nicely in term...

Somewhat mottled toning with old fingerprints visible; just the same, 1954 is more desirable when displaying the full lines in the Liberty bell.

Some heavenly colors in this piece, with pastels to rainbow shades (mainly on the obverse). The reverse has a bright white center surrounded by a regi

Deep steel blue toning hugs the frosty surface closely here, with outstanding detail in the portrait and on the Liberty bell.

Well toned and beautiful; well placed to become a part of a toned set of Franklin half dollars.

Very beautiful deep toning whose shades and color call for a larger than normal bid, for otherwise you just might be disappointed in not winning it. S

Some rainbow colors plus outstanding surface provide a wealth of possibilities here.

Original toning suggests a coin taken from one of the desirable original Mint Sets of the period. Well struck and lustrous throughout.