Walking Liberty Half Dollar
1921-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar. MS-65 (NGC). OH.
Remarkably well preserved for this conditionally challenging key date issue, this phenomenal 1921-S half dollar offers impressively sharp striking detail that even extends to the central high points. Mottled iridescent toning in vivid reddish-russet is more extensive on the reverse. The surfaces are smooth, frosty and highly attractive, and will appeal to even the most discerning specialist in this series. Although produced in greater numbers than both the 1921 and 1921-D, the 1921-S (548,000 coins struck) is the leading Walking Liberty half dollar rarity in Mint State. Jeff Ambio (2008) ranks the 1921-S as the second rarest issue of its type at and above the MS-65 grade level. The author accounts for only 150 to 210 survivors in all Mint State grades, such a paltry total confirming that this issue suffered a much higher rate of attrition through circulation than its 1921-dated counterparts from the Philadelphia and Denver mints. The 1921-S is also an important strike rarity, and it is only once in a very long while that the opportunity arises to acquire such a sharp and attractive Gem as the Larry H. Miller specimen.
PCGS# 6585. NGC ID: 24R8.
NGC Census: 21; 2 finer (both MS-66).
From the Larry H. Miller Collection.
Estimate: $60000