1923-S HALF DOLLAR
PCGS No: 6586
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 2,178,000
Proofs: 0
Designer: Adolph
Alexander Weinman
Diameter: ±30
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±193
grains (±12.5 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: "S"
(for San Francisco, CA) near the rim below the branch on the reverse
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Significant examples:
Recent appearances:
PCGS MS-63. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 6051, illustrated, sold for $2,932.50
MS-62. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries' "The Lake Geneva
Sale", June 28-29, 2001, Lot 460, illustrated, sold for $3,335.00
MS-61. Ex - Heritage
Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Philadelphia 2000 Signature Sale",
August 6-7, 2000, Lot 5594, not plated, sold for $1,150.00
Brilliant
Uncirculated. Ex - Stack's "65th Anniversary Sale",
October 17-19, 2000, Lot 1101, not plated, sold for $1,610.00
AU-50. Ex - Bowers and Merena Galleries' Robert W. Schwan Collection
Sale, October 26-27, 2000, Lot 1362, sold for $575.00
AU-50. Ex - Ira &
Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.'s "Benson Collection,
Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001, Lot 1819, not illustrated, sold
for $776.00
AU-50 Cleaned. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "Long
Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 5674, not
illustrated, not sold
Varieties:
Notes:
The finest example graded by PCGS is a single MS-67.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, January 2002" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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