Q. David Bowers
Commemorating: 150th anniversary of the designation of Columbia as the capital of the State of South Carolina
Obverse motif: Standing figure of Justice
Reverse motif: Palmetto tree
Authorization date: March 18, 1936
Dates on coins: 1936 (also 1786)
Date when coins were actually minted: 1936
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 25,000
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 9,007 Philadelphia, 8,009 Denver, 8,007 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 7 Philadelphia, 9 Denver, 7 San Francisco
Quantity melted: None
Net number distributed (including assay coins ): 9,007 Philadelphia, 8,009 Denver, 8,007 San Francisco
Issued by: Columbia Sesqui-Centennial Commission, Columbia, South Carolina (James H. Hammond, chairman; Mrs. Julian Hennig, secretary)
Standard original packaging: Paper envelopes; imprinted three-coin cardboard holders of the insert type made by Eggers
Official sale price: $6.45 per set of three (single coins $2.15 each)
Designer of obverse and reverse: A. Wolfe Davidson
Interesting fact: This coin was designed by a sculptor at a local college.
(average market prices)
1936 (summer) MS-63 to 64 $6
1940 MS-63 to 64 $6
1945 MS-63 to 64 $9
1950 MS-63 to 64 $10
1955 MS-63 to 64 $17
1960 MS-63 $60
1965 MS-63 $100
1970 MS-63 $150
1975 MS-63 $275
1980 MS-63 $1,750
1985 MS-63 $900
1986 MS-60 $850, MS-63 $1,200, MS-64 $1,950, MS-65 $2,600
1990 (spring) MS-60 $810, MS-63 $860, MS-64 $920, MS-65 $1,650
1990 (December) MS-60 $670, MS-63 $720, MS-64 $800, MS-65 $925