The June 4, 2000, Dr. Jon Kardatzke Collection Parts II & III, Sale 5
Lot 985
1936 Norfolk Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. One of the busier commemorative half dollar designs, there isn't much room available for more wording or devices. Frosty luster and untoned.
Lot 986
1936 Norfolk Half Dollar. MS-65. Dipped but almost mark-free surfaces. Milky white luster.
Lot 987
1926-S Oregon Trail Half Dollar. MS-63. Brilliant with a few tiny marks.
Lot 988
1926-S Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-63 to MS-64. Brilliant luster with some dark toning. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 989 
1928 Oregon Trail Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-67. Under microscopic magnification, the cataloguer cannot find more than two or three of the tiniest ticks on this marvelously preserved half dollar. It is immaculate! The color is light silvery gold with some bright iridescent blue splashes along the rims. Should it be a 68?.
Lot 990
1928 Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-63 to MS-65. Iridescent toning, one of them dark but attractive and very sharp. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 991
1933-D Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-64 to MS-65. Brilliant and attractive. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 992
1934-D Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-63 to MS-64. A touch of toning on these, both decent. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 993
1936 Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-64. One brilliant, one with lovely light gold toning. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 994
1936-S Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-63 to MS-64. Some black spots on the toned one, the other bright. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 995
1937-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. MS-64. A very handsome, dark gray toned coin with a single bagmark on the Indian's cape.
Lot 996
1937-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. MS-64. Satiny white with some tiny speckles of color, no marks. Yummy!
Lot 997
1937-D Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-63. Brilliant, dipped but nice. Total of 2 coins.
Lot 998
1938 Oregon Trail Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Some bright aluminum-foil colored silver luster shines through otherwise deep and handsome purplish red toning. They would be hard to see under the color anyhow, but the cataloguer cannot spot more than the most insignificant abrasions. Unusually appealing.
Lot 999
1938-PDS Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-64 to MS-65. A nice brilliant set of this year. Total of 3 coins.
Lot 1000
1938-PDS Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-63 or better. Brilliant but dipped. Total of 3 coins.
Lot 1001
1939-PDS Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-63 or nicer. Brilliant but dipped. Total of 3 coins.
Lot 1002 
1939-D Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. The memory of those hardy pioneers trekking along that dirt trail could not be more vividly portrayed than on the surfaces of this glorious specimen. Virtually flawless, as the number suggests, but the luster is also booming beneath vivid golden mauve color (some deep greens on reverse). In a word: Wow!
Lot 1003 
1939 Oregon Trail Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-67. Excellent surfaces, needless to say, but here the color adds a dimension to MS-67 that others of its ilk may not be lucky enough to possess. The toning is a deep iridescent magenta and lime-green on the obverse, while the other side shows a bright silvery center surrounded by a halo of russet gold. A joy to look at!
Lot 1004
1939-PDS Oregon Trail Half Dollars. MS-64 to MS-65. A lovely, golden brown and brilliant group, probably original as a set. Total of 3 coins.
Lot 1005 
1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-64 Premium Quality. A splendid coin for the grade, the rims are graced by deep golden to brown toning and the centers have original haze. Another early commemorative that was seldom held by collectors and hence most today are nicked up or even lightly circulated. These were coined to be sold to attendees of the Panana Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and have always been popular with collectors. If you have been searching for an original, near gem example of this commemorative, then buy this coin.
Lot 1006 
1915-S Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. PCGS graded MS-63. A choice, totally white Brilliant Uncirculated example.
Lot 1007
1915 Panama-Pacific Half Dollar. AU-50. A pair of edge marks on obverse, but this is very nice for the grade. Mostly silvery white, with some of the ring toning from the original holder still showing.
Lot 1008
1920 Pilgrim Half Dollar. NGC graded MS-65. Lightly toned over silvery-white luster, with a blotch of toning on the upper reverse. Clean for the grade.
Lot 1009
1920 Pilgrim Half Dollar. MS-64. Lovely dark lilac-gray toning.
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