Yes, the circulation strikes on these are relatively more valuable. VF35/XF45/AU50 coins have sold in the $US2500-3500 range on Heritage over the years, which gets you an SP62-63 for the same money. MS61 and MS63 examples have both sold for $US13800 quite a while ago, 2010 and 2006. The max I've seen for specimens is $US8337.50 SP67 sold 2005 and $US8225 SP66 sold 2015, price likely due to the toning. The latter is listed on PCGS as the max auction record. A specimen set sold for $US10575 containing an SP66, but it's hard to gauge what value the 50c had out of the set.
I don't know what ICCS shows in their pop report, but PCGS has 49 circulation strikes graded, max MS63. They have graded 30 SP, with 3 in SP67. NGC has 7 circulation strikes, max AU53, and a whopping 1 in SP at SP65. ANACS has graded 5 problem-free and 1 XF Details. They don't break out MS versus SP so I think their #1 pop in 62 is my coin (the only coin in mint state). ANACS has however graded many Canadian 50c in other years (1948 shows 103 graded and many of those must be specimens) so they're not unfamiliar with grading these.
I'm including these details in case anyone is interested.
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Removing the Cook provenance is all positive imho. I'll remove it from any coins I buy with his name on them too over time. The guy was a butcher.
I'm glad it's not just me. This UNC Details - Repaired sold in the same Cook auction for $1800.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/canada/wor...bnail-071515. Whoever did that "repair" slaughtered the coin. However, I saw it sell on
ebay shortly afterwards for a significant profit, and I recall seeing it sell again a bit later again for a profit. I wish I had recorded the specifics of those sales. Mine now carries the Smutny provenance, in honor of my grandfather.
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! Always buy the coin, not the plastic! The coin will stand on its on merits no matter what holder it's in!
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