Lot 1101
1921 Missouri Half Dollar, 2 x 4. PCGS graded MS-64 PQ. CAC Approved. Nice light golden toning on both sides. A choice, lustrous example of this scarcer mintage date, mainly brilliant and frosted and only precisely graded; excellent silver color on this virtual Gem. Fully struck in all areas with pinpoint detailing on the pioneer’s coat and raccoon skin tail. Some minor flatness as struck, and seen on most survivors, at the central cap and on the shoulder. Small 2*4 in the left obverse field above "1821".
Robert Aitken sculpted the Missouri Half Dollar. The obverse features a frontiersman; some have claimed it represents Daniel Boone, but Boone had died in 1820 at the ripe age of 86. The dates 1821-1921 refer to the centennial of Missouri's admission into the Union as the 24th state. A portion of the issue has a small "2x4" in the field in front of the bust. There are also 24 stars on the reverse, with obvious connotations. Walter Breen, in his encyclopedia on the series, described the reverse motif as follows: "A white frontiersman with rifle and powder horn (apparently on the old theory that 'the only good Injun is a dead Injun') appears to be sending away the Indian, whose shield and peace pipe are mere impedimenta." Net mintage was: with the scarcer 2x4, 5,000; slightly more common plain, 15,400 (PCGS # 9331) .
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,050.
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