1951 50C Booker T. Washington (Regular Strike)
Series: Silver Commemoratives
PCGS MS67+
Rare "FIGHT COMMUNISM" Sale Folder For 1951 BTW Half Dollar
PCGS MS67+
- PCGS #:
- 9424
- Designer:
- Isaac Scott Hathaway
- Edge:
- Reeded
- Diameter:
- 30.60 millimeters
- Weight:
- 12.50 grams
- Mintage:
- 510,082
- Mint:
- Philadelphia
- Metal:
- 90% Silver, 10% Copper
- Auction Record:
- $7,344 • MS67+ • 09-27-2018 • Legend Rare Coin Auctions
Major Varieties
- 1951 50C Booker T. Washington
Rarity and Survival Estimates Learn More
| Survival Estimate | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 305,000 |
| 60 or Better | 184,000 |
| 65 or Better | 89,000 |
| Numismatic Rarity | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | R-1.7 |
| 60 or Better | R-1.9 |
| 65 or Better | R-2.1 |
| Relative Rarity By Type All Specs in this Type | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 140 / 144 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 139 / 144 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 139 / 144 |
| Relative Rarity By Series All Specs in this Series | |
|---|---|
| All Grades | 140 / 144 TIE |
| 60 or Better | 139 / 144 TIE |
| 65 or Better | 139 / 144 |
Condition Census What Is This?
| #1 MS67+ PCGS grade |
| #1 MS67+ PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
| #3 MS67 PCGS grade |
The original sales brochure (illustrated above) with a 1951-dated Booker-T. Washington Half Dollar attached, appeared at the February 2016 Long Beach Expo and was obtained by David Hall Rare Coins. It is a highly unusual brochure because the purpose of the Booker T. Washington Half Dollar was to raise money for a memorial birthplace. The Americanism (or anti-Communism) theme was intended for the Washington-Carver Half Dollar, first issued in 1951. Thus, this brochure is an unusual transition piece which projected the purpose of the new coin onto the old.
It's interesting to note that early Redbooks combined the Booker T. Washington and Washington-Carver issues even though the coins had completely different designs and purposes.
The source of the brochure and coin was Santa Rosa, CA dealer, Jack Beymer, who explained that he purchased three of them over the counter at least twenty years ago (and "probably more"). Jack gave one to a doctor client from South Africa and held onto the other two brochures until 2016.
William Shamhart of Numismatic Americana has handled just about every different type of original "go-withs" and paraphernalia associated with classic U.S. Commemoratives. This was one he had never seen before.