Guess the Grade - 1935 S San Diego Commemorative 50 Cents

hfjacinto · May 5, 2022 4:35AM

Hi all,

Recently the 7070 Registry added the 50 Commemoratives to the coins needed. Since I didn't have one, I purchased one, but I wanted one that had some meaning to me. Since San Diego is one of my favorite places, I got one that commemorated the San Diego exposition.

Please try to guess the grade. I'll post the grade in 36 hours. 5/6 around 8PM.

TurtleCat · May 5, 2022 4:39AM

I’ll go with 64. It’s hard to judge the luster so I’ll err on the optimistic side.

ricko · May 5, 2022 4:40AM

Nice looking commemorative half.... Not familiar with this particular design... so torn between high AU and low MS.... Really cannot settle on a grade for that one. Cheers, RickO

lermish · May 5, 2022 6:43AM

Solid strike, some marks and questionable luster. 64

Broadstruck · May 5, 2022 1:30PM

@ricko said:
Nice looking commemorative half.... Not familiar with this particular design... so torn between high AU and low MS.... Really cannot settle on a grade for that one. Cheers, RickO

Look at the outer edge of the rims... This never circulated.

I'll go with MS64 too, but these days it could be MS65.

TPRC · May 5, 2022 1:56PM

FlyingAl · May 5, 2022 2:02PM

I really don't like that scratch under America, so I'm at Unc Details Obverse Scratched. If not, I could see a net at around 62 or so. I'm a bit nervous throwing this out there when I'm so far off everyone else's guess

Broadstruck · May 5, 2022 2:05PM

@FlyingAl said:
I really don't like that scratch under America, so I'm at Unc Details Obverse Scratched. If not, I could see a net at around 62 or so. I'm a bit nervous throwing this out there when I'm so far off everyone else's guess

No scratch as that's a mountain range and part of the design elements.

FlyingAl · May 5, 2022 2:06PM

@Broadstruck said:

@FlyingAl said:
I really don't like that scratch under America, so I'm at Unc Details Obverse Scratched. If not, I could see a net at around 62 or so. I'm a bit nervous throwing this out there when I'm so far off everyone else's guess

No scratch as that's a mountain range and part of the design elements.

Now I see it, it looked so much brighter and different than the rest of the design I assumed it was a scratch. I briefly considered it being a design element but I just thought it was too bright. I'll go with 64 then. Thanks!