***Auction Highlight*** 1936 Elgin TOP POP Old Commem Half Dollar 50c Graded ms68 By SEGS. The Elgin half dollar was struck in 1936, one year after the Illinois city celebrated its centennial. The issue, however, had a broader theme of honoring the pioneers who settled the state (the year 1673, for instance, refers to the beginning of the Joliet-Marquette expedition on the Mississippi River), and it also has special significance to Americans of Norwegian descent, one of the largest ancestral groups in the upper Midwestern United States. The Elgin half dollar's sculptor and driving force, Trygve Revested, was the child of Norwegian immigrants and so well-attuned to their particular experiences. Of a starting mintage of 25,000 pieces plus assay coins, 20,000 Elgin halves were sold. This MS68 example is among the finest known examples, with jut one lone ms68+ finer. The surfaces are frosty across Overstand's inimitable pioneer portrait and the (typically softly struck) reverse group. Light silver-gray interiors yield to iridescent peripheral color that is strongest with its blues on the reverse and oranges, and yellows on the obverse. Magnificently preserved no marks worthy of individual note. The coin is sure to please even the most stringent connoisseur A Corey's Pick, Bid to Win, Don't let it get Away, you might not find its equal Coin. I give this coin my highest recommendation