Q. David Bowers
(average market prices)
1955 MS-60 or slightly better $8
1960 MS-60 or slightly better $12
1965 MS-60 or slightly better $22
1970 MS-60 or slightly better $18
1975 MS-60 or slightly better $56
1980 MS-60 or slightly better $255
1985 MS-60 or slightly better $160
1986 MS-60 $120, MS-63 $175, MS-64 $320, MS-65 $820
1990 (spring) MS-60 $60, MS-63 $65, MS- 64 $200, MS-65 $900
1990 (December) MS-60 $60, MS-63 $67, MS-64 $115, MS-65 $525
(Also see preceding listings)
Authorization date: September 21, 1951
Date on coins: 1953
Date when coins were actually minted: 1953
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 3,415,631 (total for all issues 1951 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 8,003 Philadelphia, 8,003 Denver, 108,020 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 3 Philadelphia, 3 Denver, 20 San Francisco
Quantity melted: none (author's estimate) Philadelphia, none (author's estimate) Denver, 20,000 (author's estimate) San Francisco
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 8,003 (author's estimate) Philadelphia, 8,003 (author's estimate) Denver, 88,020 more or less (author's estimate) San Francisco
Issued by: Carver-Washington Coin Commission acting for the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial Foundation (Booker Washington Birthplace, Virginia) and the George Washington Carver National Monument Foundation (Diamond, Missouri); sets were also distributed by Bebee Stamp & Coin Company, 4514 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska (new address); among numerous others
Standard original packaging: Paper and cellophane envelopes; one-coin Christmas cards
Official sale price: $10 per set of three; some 1953-S coins were distributed at or near face value (Bebee's prices $9 until January 15, 1952, $10 after that date)
(average market prices)
1955 MS-60 or slightly better $8
1960 MS-60 or slightly better $12
1965 MS-60 or slightly better $25
1970 MS-60 or slightly better $23
1975 MS-60 or slightly better $90
1980 MS-60 or slightly better $300
1985 MS-60 or slightly better $ 21
1986 MS-60 $145, MS-63 $210, MS-64 $350, MS-65 $860
1990 (spring) MS-60 $80, MS-63 $87, MS- 64 $190, MS-65 $1,125
1990 (December) MS-60 $80, MS-63 $86, MS-64 $160, MS-65 $710
(Also see preceding listings)
Authorization date: September 21, 1951
Date on coins: 1954
Date when coins were actually minted: 1954
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 3,415,631 (total for all issues 1951 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 12,006 Philadelphia, 12,006 Denver, 122,024 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 6 Philadelphia, 6 Denver, 24 San Francisco
Quantity melted: none (author's estimate) Philadelphia, none (author's estimate) Denver, 80,000 (author's estimate) San Francisco
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 12,006 (author's estimate) Philadelphia, 12,006 (author's estimate) Denver, 42,024 more or less (author's estimate) San Francisco
Issued by: Carver-Washington Coin Commission acting for the Booker T. Washington Birthplace Memorial Foundation (Booker Washington Birthplace, Virginia) and the George Washington Carver National Monument Foundation (Diamond, Missouri); additional sets distributed by Bebee's, Inc. (new trade name for Bebee Stamp & Coin Company), 4514 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska; and numerous other dealers
Standard original packaging: Paper and cellophane envelopes; one-coin Christmas cards Official sale price: $10 per set of three; some 1954-S coins were paid out at face value (Bebee's prices for sets $9 until January 20, 1954, $12 after that date)
(average market prices)
1955 MS-60 or slightly better $8
1960 MS-60 or slightly better $9
1965 MS-60 or slightly better $16
1970 Ms-60 or slightly better $14
1975 MS-60 or slightly better $50
1980 MS-60 or slightly better $115
1985 MS-60 or slightly better $120
1986 MS-60 $95, MS-63 $125, MS-64 $270, MS-65 $650
1990 (spring) MS-60 $55, MS-63 $75, MS-64 $105, MS-65 $1,275
1990 (December) MS-60 $60, MS-63 $75, MS-64 $105, MS-65 $710