Lot 3250
1938 New Rochelle Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-67 Prooflike. Snowy-white, indeed glowing from the silver satin to rippling prooflike luster, and fully radiant with a near-perfect strike. New Rochelle's history begins with the purchase by Thomas Pell of the Pelham Manor tract, of which the city would become part, from the Siwanoy Indians in 1654. In 1689, thousands of Huguenots -- French Protestants who left France following the revocation by Louis XIV of the Edict of Nantes, which had protected them from religious persecution -- began settling the area. Pop 15; 1 in 68 Star PL.
Estimated Value $3,500 - 3,800.
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| Realized $4,140 |
