Lot 1485
1936 Elgin Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-65. CAC Approved. Lovely obverse toning. below the portrait. Cascading bright silver-white outside of the small area that is toned, with somersaulting luster that radiates on both sides of this original unimpaired example. Superb!
Centennial of the city of Elgin, Illinois, the obverse head is a copy of "Head of a Pioneer" by Trygve Rovelstad. The statue from which this head derives is represented on the reverse by the coin's artist who was also sculpted the statue. There were 20,000 Elgins sold at $1.50 each out of an original authorization of 25,000; the remaining 5,000 were returned to the mint and remelted in 1937 (PCGS # 9303) .
Estimated Value $200 - 220.
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| Realized $270 |
