Issue overview
This page preserves the exact NGC page identity, process, specifications, designers, and source trail without merging MS and PF records.
- NGC Coin ID
- 19438
- Universal ID
- BYL6
- Year
- 1953
- Denomination
- 50C
- Mint
- Philadelphia
- Process
- Mint State
- Mintage
- 8,000
Mintage sources differ: NGC reports 8,000; the existing normalized catalog reports 8,003. Both are retained pending editorial reconciliation.
Specifications and design
- Composition
- Silver
- Fineness
- 0.9
- Weight
- 12.5
- Diameter
- 30.6mm
- Edge
- Reeded
- Obverse designer
- Isaac Scott Hathaway
- Reverse designer
- Isaac Scott Hathaway
Grading context
Census, price-guide, and auction figures are changing snapshots; they do not establish survival, authenticity, grade, or an appraisal for a specimen in hand.
Related records
1951 50C Washington-Carver1952 50C Washington-Carver1954 50C Washington-Carver1953-D 50C Washington-Carver1953-S 50C Washington-Carver