Commemorative Coins of the United States
Q. David Bowers
1921 Missouri Centennial, with 2
4 Half Dollar
SUMMARY OF CHARACTERISTICS
(Also see preceding listing)
Dates on coins: 1921 (also 1821)
Date when coins were actually minted: 1921
Mint used: Philadelphia
Maximum quantity authorized: 250,000 (combined for both types)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 10,000
Assay coins (included in above): None
Quantity melted: None
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 10,000
Standard original packaging: Apparently, none
Official sale price: $1
Interesting facts: Variety of the preceding with "24" incuse in obverse field; this was struck before the "plain" issue and was made to create a special coin for collectors.
MARKET INDEX
(average market prices)
1925 MS-60 $1.25
1930 MS-60 $4
1935 MS-60 $8
1936 (summer) MS-60 $25
1940 MS-60 $ 20
1945 MS-60 $30
1950 MS-60 $37
1955 MS-60 $55
1960 MS-60 $90
1965 MS-60 $160
1970 MS-60 $145
1975 MS-60 $560
1980 MS-60 $2,600
1985 MS-60 $1,100
1986 MS-60 $530, MS-63 $1,100, MS-64 $2,400, MS-65 $4,400
1990 (spring) MS-60 $410, MS-63 $1,200, MS-64 $2,400, MS-65 $13,000
1990 (December) MS-60 $360, MS-63 $950, MS-64 $2,100, MS-65 $8,250
Note: The average specimen advertised as "Brilliant Uncirculated" during the period from about the 1930s through the mid-1980s was in a grade which today we would designate as AU-58 to MS-60. MS-63 coins were and still are rare.