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1915-S/S 50c Panama-Pacific Expo RPM, FS-501

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS67+ PCGS. CAC. 67 HA 8,700 08/16/2024
    1915-S/S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-62 (NGC). 62 Stacks Bowers 840 01/10/2024
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 1,920 07/21/2023
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/0). NGC Census: (0/0). MS66. Mintage 27,134. 66 HA 3,120 02/07/2022
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/0). NGC Census: (0/0). MS66. Mintage 27,134. 66 HA 1,620 01/24/2021
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66+ PCGS. CAC. 66 HA 4,440 01/22/2021
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. CAC. 66 HA 3,360 03/15/2019
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 NGC. 66 HA 1,680 08/14/2018
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 1,260 12/08/2017
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS. CAC. 65 HA 1,116 01/09/2017
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66+ PCGS. CAC. 66 HA 2,350 10/05/2016
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 1,645 08/14/2016
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS. 65 HA 940 07/10/2016
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS. CAC. 65 HA 1,292 06/12/2016
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 NGC. CAC. 66 HA 1,880 06/12/2016
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 646 05/01/2016
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS67 PCGS. CAC. 67 HA 5,640 09/20/2015
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS64 PCGS. CAC. 64 HA 1,762 08/16/2015
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS. 65 HA 881 04/26/2015
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS. 65 HA 911 04/26/2015
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 NGC. 65 HA 852 04/26/2015
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 NGC. 65 HA 1,028 12/07/2014
    1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 2,585 06/08/2014
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 145748
      Coin Date: 1915-S/S
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): Half dollar
      Variety: Panama-Pacific Expo
      Variety 2: RPM, FS-501
      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 #: 145748
      NGC ID: BYHP
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