1938 New Rochelle, New York 250th Anniversary. Specimen-67 (NGC).Untoned silver white surfaces allow ready appreciation of smartly impressed, satiny design elements and intense semi-reflective fields. This is one of the very few known Specimen coins struck of the New Rochelle commemorative half dollar issue of 1938. Breen in his <em>Encyclopedia</em> mentions that "reportedly 50 presentation coins on polished blanks, plus 10-14 Matte Proofs" may have been struck. Kevin Flynn elaborates that these 50 presentation coins were " distributed in dark red boxes with a velvet liner...these had documents specifying which number they were struck...they include a silver medal produced by Tiffany & Co. from Lorriland Wises original reverse." NGC has long recognized the special merits of this Specimen issue, though PCGS only recently began to acknowledge their existence in July 2015. The NGC Census lists just eight grading events at the SP-67 level and only one finer in SP-68, placing the present example among one of the most exclusive peer groups in the series.
