U.S.A., Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915, set of five commerative coins, octagonal 50-Dollars, 1915S, rubbed on the high points and a spot of discolouration in front of Athena's forehead, tiny lint mark to left of owl's breast, slight bruise on one corner, round 50-Dollars, 1915S, rubbed on the high points, small mark on the owl's breast, 2½-Dollars, 1915S, gold Dollar, 1915S and silver Half-dollar, 1915S, except where noted the coins uncirculated, the set contained in an original beaten-copper and glazed frame with printed silk and card labels, this in very fine condition and scarce (5)

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U.S.A., Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915, set of five commerative coins, octagonal 50-Dollars, 1915S, rubbed on the high points and a spot of discolouration in front of Athena's forehead, tiny lint mark to left of owl's breast, slight bruise on one corner, round 50-Dollars, 1915S, rubbed on the high points, small mark on the owl's breast, 2½-Dollars, 1915S, gold Dollar, 1915S and silver Half-dollar, 1915S, except where noted the coins uncirculated, the set contained in an original beaten-copper and glazed frame with printed silk and card labels, this in very fine condition and scarce (5)

Lot Essay

Visitors to the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915 were reluctant to pay $100 for a single commemorative coin, and so nearly half of the mintage of 2,000 of the two 50-Dollar coins were returned to the San Francisco mint where they were melted. Far more popular were the silver Half-dollars which sold at one dollar each. The final figures for the five coins are:
Octagonal 50-Dollars 645
Round 50-Dollars 483
Gold 2½-Dollars 6,749
Gold One-dollar 15,000
Silver Half-dollar 27,134

Purchasers of a complete set paid $200, and had a choice of fitted leather case or metal glazed frame at no extra charge. The number of sets in metal frames is unknown, but is estimated at about thirty.

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