1936-D 50C San Diego (Regular Strike)

Series: Silver Commemoratives

PCGS MS68

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PCGS MS68

PCGS #:: 9372

Designer:: Robert Aitken

Edge:: Reeded

Diameter:: 30.60 millimeters

Weight:: 12.50 grams

Mintage:: 30,092

Mint:: Denver

Metal:: 90% Silver, 10% Copper

Auction Record:: $38,400 • MS68 • 04-13-2022 • Stack's Bowers

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Grades	Survival Estimate The Survival Estimate represents an average of one or more experts' opinions as to how many examples survive of a particular coin in three categories: 1) all grades, 2) 60 or better, and 3) 65 or better. These estimates are based on a variety of sources, including population reports, auction appearances, and personal knowledge. Survival estimates include coins that are raw, certified by PCGS, and certified by other grading services.	Numismatic Rarity Numismatic Rarity converts the Survival Estimate for a particular coin into a number from 1 to 10 (with decimal increments) based on the PCGS Rarity Scale. The higher the number, the more rare the coin.	Relative Rarity By Type Relative Rarity By Type ranks the rarity of this coin with all other coins of this Type. Lower numbers indicate rarer coins.	Relative Rarity By Series Relative Rarity By Series ranks the rarity of this coin with all other coins of this Series. Lower numbers indicate rarer coins.
All Grades	25,750	R-2.7	103 / 144 TIE	103 / 144 TIE
60 or Better	22,750	R-2.7	112 / 144 TIE	112 / 144 TIE
65 or Better	14,500	R-2.9	119 / 144 TIE	119 / 144 TIE

Survival Estimate
All Grades	25,750
60 or Better	22,750
65 or Better	14,500

Numismatic Rarity
All Grades	R-2.7
60 or Better	R-2.7
65 or Better	R-2.9

Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type
All Grades	103 / 144 TIE
60 or Better	112 / 144 TIE
65 or Better	119 / 144 TIE

Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series
All Grades	103 / 144 TIE
60 or Better	112 / 144 TIE
65 or Better	119 / 144 TIE

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Pos	Grade	Image	Pedigree and History
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
1	MS67+ PCGS grade
10	MS67 PCGS grade

#1 MS67+ PCGS grade

#10 MS67 PCGS grade

David Hall:

The 1935-S and 1936-D San Diegos were minted in very large quantities (250,000 and 180,000 respectively), but most of the mintage of both issues was melted as unsold. The final distributed number for the 1935-S was 70,132 and for the 1936-D was 30,092. But you can't say that the California-Pacific Exposition didn't give it the old college try. The original issue price for the 1936-D was $1.50, then the Exposition raised the price to $3 in 1937, and then reduced the price to $1 in 1938 and then what remained unsold at that time was returned to the Mint to be melted.

Today, the 1936-D San Diego is one of the most readily available silver commemoratives of the classic 1892-1954 era, though it exists in "only" about 60% of the quanties that exist for the 1935-S...in virtually every Mint State grade. The typical 1936-D San Diego grades MS64 to MS66 and many very frosty Gems survive.