1907-S/S 50C MS67+ PCGS Secure. CAC. Lawrence-101....

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Monumental 1907-S/S Half Dollar, MS67+
Single Finest of the Issue at PCGS

1907-S/S 50C MS67+ PCGS Secure. CAC. Lawrence-101. Ex: Duckor/Akers. Repunched mintmark. The obverse has a short crack or die line extending up from the top of the O in GOD to the border. There is no evidence of the die crack at the bust tip that Kevin Flynn reports as a diagnostic for the repunched mintmark variety. The mintmark is sharply doubled above, right of center below the tail feathers, upright, and about centered vertically between the tail and the D in DOLLAR. David Lawrence called this variety "fairly common" but we disagree, having only offered an example once in the past. This sensational Superb Gem has frosty silver luster with pristine surfaces, all beneath rich gold and sky-blue toning on each side. A few faint rolling lines are visible, as so often seen on the San Francisco Mint issues of the era.
The San Francisco Mint was recovering from the devastating earthquake of April 1906. Although the Mint building survived, coinage was halted, since much of the equipment operated on city-supplied gas. Coinage gradually resumed, although the scarcity of several issues from 1907 is a direct result of the tremor.
Prior to the current offering of the amazing Duckor Superb Gem, we have only handled a single MS67 and two MS66 coins in our auctions. The description of the unillustrated Emery-Nichols coin (Bowers and Merena, 11/1984, lot 841) sounds much like this piece: "Light golden toning at the centers changes to magenta and then to gunmetal blue at the rims. Very beautiful." S. Benton Emery purchased his coin directly from the San Francisco Mint in 1907. Population (6/10): MS66 (4); MS66+ (0); MS67 (2); MS67+ (1).
Ex: David Akers (12/23/1994).
From The Dr. and Mrs. Steven L. Duckor Barber Half Dollar Collection.(Registry values: N7079)

Coin Index Numbers: (NGC ID# 24N3, PCGS# 6511, GSID# 6611)

Metal: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Weight: 12.50 grams
ASW: 0.3617oz
Mintage: 1,250,000

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