Q. David Bowers
(Also see preceding listing)
Dates on coins: 1936 (also 1836)
Date when coins were actually minted: 1936
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 500,000 (maximum total for all issues 1935 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 10,010 Philadelphia, 10,010 Denver, 10,012 San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 10 Philadelphia, 10 Denver, 12 San Francisco
Quantity melted: 350 Philadelphia, 350 Denver, 350 San Francisco
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 9,660 Philadelphia, 9,660 Denver, 9,662 San Francisco
Issued by: Arkansas Centennial Commission, War Memorial Building, Little Rock, Arkansas (A.W. Parke, secretary); remainder sets sold after 1939 were offered by A.W. Parke, Box 189, Little Rock, Arkansas
Standard original packaging: Paper envelopes; some coins shipped in five-coin insert type Dennison cardboard holders inserted in Dennison envelopes sealed with colorful Arkansas Centennial stamp
Official sale price: Initially $1 per coin; then on February 1, 1936, $1.50 per coin; then $4.50 per set of three; then $6.75 per set of three; price for unsold sets was raised to $10 on March 1, 1940.
(average market prices)
1936 (summer) MS-60 to 63 $6
1940 MS-60 to 63 $4.50
1945 MS-60 to 63 $6
1950 MS-60 to 63 $5
1955 MS-60 to 63 $11
1960 MS-60 to 63 $20
1965 MS-60 to 63 $40
1970 MS-60 to 63 $44
1975 MS-60 to 63 $115
1980 MS-60 to 63 $560
1985 MS-60 to 63 $420
1986 MS-60 $265, MS-63 $415, MS-64 $1,250 MS-65 $3,200
1990 (spring) MS-60 $250, MS-63 $330, MS-64 $760, MS-65 $3,650
1990 (December) MS-60 $250, MS-63 $300, MS-64 $415, MS-65 $1,300
Note: To find the price of a single coin, divide by three; this also approximates the value of an Arkansas "type" coin in recent decades.
(Also see preceding listings)
Dates on coins: 1937 (also 1836 and 1936)
Date when coins were actually minted: 1937
Mints used: Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco
Maximum quantity authorized: 500,000 (maximum total for all issues 1935 onward)
Total quantity minted (including assay coins): 5,505 Philadelphia, 5,505 Denver, 5,506
San Francisco
Assay coins (included in above): 5 Philadelphia, 5 Denver, 6 San Francisco
Quantity melted: None
Net number distributed (including assay coins): 5,505 Philadelphia, 5,505 Denver, 5,506 San Francisco
Issued by: Stack's, 690 Sixth Avenue, New York City, New York (Joseph Stack handled correspondence) (Note: To find the price of a single coin, divide by three (and add a small premium, for sets usually sell for slightly less on a per-coin basis than single specimens).)
Standard original packaging: Imprinted black rectangular leatherette case with space for three coins, with imprinted advertising insert and gossamer-like insert to protect coins Official sale price: $8.75 per set of three.
(average market prices)
1940 MS-63 $12
1945 MS-63 $14
1950 MS-63 $11
1955 MS-63 $11
1960 MS-63 $22
1965 MS-63 $43
1970 MS-63 $48
1975 MS-63 $125
1980 MS-63 $570
1985 MS-63 $450
1986 MS-60 $300, MS-63 $415, MS-64: $1,250, MS-65 $3,200
1990 (spring) MS-60 $250, MS-63 $330, MS-64 $760, MS-65 $3,650
1990 (December) MS-60 $250, MS-63 $295, MS-64 $410, MS-65 $1,300
Note: To find the price of a single coin, divide by three (and add a small premium, for sets usually sell for slightly less on a per-coin basis than single specimens).