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muddler Pillar of the Community United States 7194 Posts	Posted 05/29/2011 10:35 pm A week strike as most of these are, still a very low mintage coin. Report this Post to the Staff

nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15464 Posts	Posted 05/30/2011 5:38 pm Nice coin indeed. Short of time tonight for a detailed reply ... David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Report this Post to the Staff
muddler Pillar of the Community United States 7194 Posts	Posted 07/02/2011 4:03 pm The color is more correct in this photo. Report this Post to the Staff
nickelsearcher Moderator United States 15464 Posts	Posted 07/03/2011 10:01 pm Color is looking better with obviously improved lighting ... still need to focus on your focus. A few interesting tid-bits about your lovely coin ... These were actually struck at the San Francisco mint in early 1925 ... but the "S" mint mark was left off in error. Portland Oregon artist Sidney Bell designed the coin ... and the models were prepared by the grande dame of USA coinage Laura Gardin Fraser ... another lovely design she had a hand in. Her initials can be seen on the reverse of the coin ... look a bit beyond 4:00 inside the inner ring and just below the Fort. I can see them in both of your photographs. Congress authorized 300,000 pieces ... and by August 1, 1925 only 50,028 had been struck. My research has not turned up yet the reason for why so few were minted versus the authorized total. This is the only Classic US silver issue that I am aware of that was subject to complete loss due to the method of distribution ... On August 1st 1925 ... as part of the pre-sale publicity ... the entire lot of 50,028 coins ... plus packaging material ... was picked up in San Francisco and flown to Vancouver by a pilot making a round-trip starting in Vancouver. Had that De Havilland gone down we would not have any Fort Vancouver Half Dollars today. Sales for this coin were weak ... eventually 35,034 coins were returned to the mint for melting ... leaving a net mintage of just 14,994 examples. Your lovely example is one of these survivors ... many thanks for the photos. I have in my collection a wonderful, blast-white PCGS MS65 CAC approved example. David Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art Edited by nickelsearcher 07/03/2011 10:05 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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