A true vintage beauty….

Afternoon everyone ….

Hello all, during the silvergoldstackers twelve days of Christmas themed posts. @silversaver888 was wishing for many of the United States commemorative half dollars.

This got me wondering just how many of these that I had in my collection already. I’m not quite sure just how many that I do own in total. But in my searching though boxes from my private security place over the last year or so. I’ve come across a few, and now that each box I’ve searched is 100% labeled with its contents they were easy for me to find.

The coin I’m going to share today is a 1936 Bay Bridge commemorative half dollar. It’s been graded by PCGS as an MS64. It has some light toning but it actually helps show off some of the details on the coin even better. Like the fur on the bear, the ripples in the water and more.

Here is a little background on the coin and the specs as well:
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar or Bay Bridge half dollar is a commemorative fifty-cent piece struck by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1936. One of many commemoratives issued that year, it was designed by Jacques Schnier and honors the opening of the Bay Bridge that November. One side of the coin depicts a grizzly bear, a symbol of California, and the other shows the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, with the Ferry Building in the foreground.

San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge half dollar
United States
Value
50 cents (0.50 US dollars)
Mass
12.5 g
Diameter
30.61 mm (1.20 in)
Thickness
2.15 mm (0.08 in)
Edge
Reeded
Composition
90.0% silver
10.0% copper
Silver
0.36169 troy oz
Years of minting
1936
Mintage
100,055 (28,631 were melted down; the extra 55 coins were for assay)source:Wikipedia

These coins are all very well designed and struck.