Lot 957
1959. PCGS graded Proof 67 Deep Cameo. A blast white Gem Proof coin. Try finding many others with this depth of Cameo contrast! Super deep and frosty white, like fresh-fallen snow. (Everyone bidding from the Midwest to the Eastern Seaboard remembers this last winter's freshly fallen snow!) Pop 6; 2 finer, 1 in 68, 1 in 69. (PCGS # 96700) .
Note: The Franklin Half Dollar was the final work of their designer, Mint Engraver John R. Sinnock. At the request of Mint Director Nellie Tayloe Ross, he completed the obverse and reverse models only a few weeks before his passing in May 1947. The half-dollar design was legally changeable any time after July 1, 1941, but escalated wartime demands for coins occasioned the delay until 1948. Sinnock's initials JRS can be found on the bust trunction.
Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000.
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