1938 50C New Rochelle SP(PCGS#99335)
1938 50C New Rochelle SP (PCGS#99335)
Spring 2025 Showcase Auction U.S. Coins
- 拍卖行
- Stack's Bowers
- 批号
- 4800
- 等级
- SP66
- 价格
- 44,099
- 详细说明
- Untoned apart from subtle champagne-pink peripheral highlights, the surfaces allow ready appreciation of smartly impressed, frosty design elements and intense semi-reflective fields. This is one of the very few known Specimen coins struck of the New Rochelle commemorative half dollar issue of 1938. Breen in his <em>Encyclopedia</em> mentions that "reportedly 50 presentation coins on polished blanks, plus 10-14 Matte Proofs" may have been struck. Kevin Flynn elaborates that these 50 presentation coins were " distributed in dark red boxes with a velvet liner...these had documents specifying which number they were struck...they include a silver medal produced by Tiffany & Co. from Lorriland Wise's original reverse." NGC has long recognized the special merits of this Specimen issue, though PCGS only began to acknowledge their existence in July 2015. The present example is also among the finest certified to date, its offering in this sale representing a fleeting opportunity for advanced specialists in the United States Mint's classic commemorative coin series.