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1915-S 50c Panama-Pacific

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade CPG Value
F15 $260.00
VF20 $286.00
VF25 $299.00
VF30 $318.00
VF35 $344.00
XF40 $377.00
XF45 $403.00
AU50 $468.00
AU53 $488.00
AU55 $572.00
AU58 $598.00
MS60 $728.00
MS61 $819.00
MS62 $884.00
MS63 $960.00
MS64 $1,180.00
MS65 $2,120.00
MS66 $3,000.00
MS67 $5,750.00
MS68 $43,200.00
F15 CAC $299.00
VF20 CAC $329.00
VF25 CAC $344.00
VF30 CAC $366.00
VF35 CAC $396.00
XF40 CAC $434.00
XF45 CAC $463.00
AU50 CAC $538.00
AU53 CAC $561.00
AU55 CAC $658.00
AU58 CAC $688.00
MS60 CAC $837.00
MS61 CAC $942.00
MS62 CAC $1,000.00
MS63 CAC $1,100.00
MS64 CAC $1,300.00
MS65 CAC $2,500.00
MS66 CAC $3,600.00
MS67 CAC $6,900.00
MS68 CAC $51,800.00

Apr Data

954 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS XF Details (Cleaned) 40 David Lawrence Rare Coins 191 01/09/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. EF Details--Cleaned (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 192 11/09/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. AU Details--Cleaned (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 240 03/29/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. AU Details--Polished (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 240 11/09/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS XF Details (Cleaned) 40 David Lawrence Rare Coins 255 01/23/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific XF40 NGC. NGC Census: (10/2787). PCGS Population: (23/3677). XF40. Mintage 27,134. 40 HA 276 11/02/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS AU Details (Cleaned) 50 David Lawrence Rare Coins 296 01/23/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS AU Details (Edge Damaged) 50 David Lawrence Rare Coins 296 01/23/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS AU Details (Polished) 50 David Lawrence Rare Coins 300 01/23/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS XF45 45 David Lawrence Rare Coins 301 01/23/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. AU Details--Cleaned (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 312 11/09/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS AU Details (Cleaned) 50 David Lawrence Rare Coins 321 01/23/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific XF45 NGC. NGC Census: (10/2785). PCGS Population: (38/3646). XF45. Mintage 27,134. 45 HA 324 01/23/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 336 11/15/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 336 11/09/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 360 03/29/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. Unc Details--Tooled (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 384 03/08/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific AU58 PCGS. PCGS Population: (242/3238). NGC Census: (134/2598). AU58. Mintage 27,134. 58 HA 408 04/24/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. AU-58 (PCGS). 58 Stacks Bowers 432 11/09/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. Unc Details--Cleaned (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 480 02/15/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. Unc Details--Questionable Color (PCGS). 0 Stacks Bowers 528 03/29/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific 50c PCGS/CAC AU58 58 David Lawrence Rare Coins 600 12/12/2022
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS62 NGC. NGC Census: (281/2262). PCGS Population: (351/2799). MS62. Mintage 27,134. 62 HA 630 11/07/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-63 (PCGS). 63 Stacks Bowers 780 03/08/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS63 NGC. NGC Census: (461/1804). PCGS Population: (742/2061). MS63. Mintage 27,134. 63 HA 780 11/16/2022
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS63 NGC. NGC Census: (463/1813). PCGS Population: (748/2062). MS63. Mintage 27,134. 63 HA 810 02/22/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS62 NGC. NGC Census: (283/2275). PCGS Population: (352/2810). MS62. Mintage 27,134. 62 HA 840 02/22/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS62 PCGS. PCGS Population: (352/2807). NGC Census: (283/2278). MS62. Mintage 27,134. 62 HA 930 04/17/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-63 (PCGS). 63 Stacks Bowers 960 01/25/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS63 PCGS. PCGS Population: (741/2056). NGC Census: (461/1801). MS63. Mintage 27,134. 63 HA 960 11/07/2022
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS63 PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (748/2059 and 0/82+). NGC Census: (463/1815 and 0/27+). MS63. Mi 63 HA 1,020 04/10/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS64 PCGS. PCGS Population: (1034/1026). NGC Census: (1017/798). MS64. Mintage 27,134. 64 HA 1,140 04/24/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-64 (NGC). 64 Stacks Bowers 1,140 04/12/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-64 (NGC). 64 Stacks Bowers 1,140 03/29/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS64 NGC. NGC Census: (1013/793). PCGS Population: (1034/1028). MS64. Mintage 27,134. 64 HA 1,170 01/23/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS64 PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (1034/1024). NGC Census: (1013/788). MS64. Mintage 27,134. 64 HA 1,260 11/07/2022
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS64 PCGS. PCGS Population: (1034/1023). NGC Census: (1014/788). MS64. Mintage 27,134. 64 HA 1,560 10/31/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-65 (NGC). 65 Stacks Bowers 1,800 04/12/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS65 PCGS. PCGS Population: (592/434). NGC Census: (504/294). MS65. Mintage 27,134. 65 HA 2,040 04/24/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS66 NGC. NGC Census: (239/50). PCGS Population: (322/110). MS66. Mintage 27,134. 66 HA 2,348 11/07/2022
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS64 PCGS. CAC. PCGS Population: (1033/1026). NGC Census: (1017/798). MS64. Mintage 27,134. 64 HA 2,400 04/17/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (323/110 and 35/29+). NGC Census: (241/51 and 4/0+). MS66. Mintage 27 66 HA 3,000 12/18/2022
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-66 (PCGS). CAC. 66 Stacks Bowers 3,120 03/24/2023
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS66 PCGS. CAC. 66 HA 3,240 05/05/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-67 (NGC). 67 Stacks Bowers 3,840 03/24/2023
    1915-S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-66 (PCGS). 66 Stacks Bowers 3,840 11/03/2022
    1915-S 50C Panama-Pacific MS67 NGC. 67 HA 4,200 05/05/2023
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-502, MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 5,280 05/05/2023
    50C 1915-S PANAMA-PACIFIC PCGS MS67+ CAC 67 Legend 9,694 10/20/2022
    50C 1915-S PANAMA-PACIFIC. PCGS MS66+ CAC 66 Legend 16,450 05/25/2023
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 9357
      Coin Date: 1915-S
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): Half dollar
      Variety: Panama-Pacific
      Desg: MS
      Mint Mark: S
      Composition: 90% silver; 10% copper
      Mintage: 27,134
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Classic Commemorative
      Coinage Years: 1892-1954
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Diameter: 30.6
      Fineness: 0.9
      Weight (Grams): 12.5
      Weight (Ounces): 0.36169
      Designer: Charles E. Barber, George T. Morgan
      Edge: Reeded
      General Notes: The 1915-S Panama-Pacific half dollar is one of the earlier silver issues in the silver commemorative series and is also one of the most numismatically important. It was struck to commemorate the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, which hosted this most ostentatious world's fair just nine years after the City By The Bay was devastated by the horrific 1906 earthquake. Most of San Francisco crumbled or burned in the disaster, with the San Francisco Mint left as one of the few buildings standing in the city after the tragedy. <BR><BR> The Pan-Pac half dollars were sold individually for $1 apiece, though they formed one fifth of a complete set of Panama-Pacific commemoratives that also include the popular Panama-Pacific gold dollar, Pan-Pac $2.50 quarter eagle, and the $50 Pan-Pac round and octagonal coins. Needless to say, very few of the complete sets were sold due to the high cost of the $50 gold coins. <BR><BR> The 1915-S Panama-Pacific half dollar represents a collaboration of two great coin designers, with Charles E. Barber designing the obverse portrait of Columbia and the golden gate, while George T. Morgan crafted the majestic reverse portrait of a heraldic eagle somewhat reminiscent of his eagle from the reverse of the Liberty Head (Morgan) dollar. <BR><BR> More than 60,000 Pan-Pac halves were struck, though thousands went unsold, accounting for the net distribution of just over 27,000 pieces. The majority of known specimens are in uncirculated grades, with most in the MS63-64 range. MS65 and MS66 specimens are scarce, and pieces grading higher are rare.
      PCGS #: 9357
      NGC ID: BYHP
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