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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. 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. 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. 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.
NGC ID: BYHP

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

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS67+ PCGS. CAC.	67	$8,700	08/16/24
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS67 PCGS. CAC.	67	$5,640	09/20/15
	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS.	66	$1,920	07/21/23
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/0). NGC Census: (0/0). MS66. Mintage 27,134.	66	$3,120	02/07/22
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/0). NGC Census: (0/0). MS66. Mintage 27,134.	66	$1,620	01/24/21
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66+ PCGS. CAC.	66	$4,440	01/22/21
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS. CAC.	66	$3,360	03/15/19
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS.	66	$1,260	12/08/17
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66+ PCGS. CAC.	66	$2,350	10/05/16
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS.	66	$1,645	08/14/16
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 PCGS.	66	$2,585	06/08/14
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS. CAC.	65	$1,116	01/09/17
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS.	65	$940	07/10/16
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS. CAC.	65	$1,292	06/12/16
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS.	65	$881	04/26/15
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 PCGS.	65	$911	04/26/15
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS64 PCGS.	64	$646	05/01/16
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS64 PCGS. CAC.	64	$1,762	08/16/15
Stacks Bowers	1915-S/S Panama-Pacific Exposition. MS-62 (NGC).	62	$840	01/10/24
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 NGC.	66	$1,680	08/14/18
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS66 NGC. CAC.	66	$1,880	06/12/16
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 NGC.	65	$852	04/26/15
HA	1915-S/S 50C Panama-Pacific, FS-501, MS65 NGC.	65	$1,028	12/07/14

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