1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Gold (Octagonal)
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (San Francisco)
- Year
- 1915
- Rank
- 46 of 100
1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Gold (Octagonal)
1915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Gold (Octagonal) by U.S. Mint (San Francisco) (1915) is ranked 46 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $163,125. The largest U.S. coin denomination ever issued for commerce and the crown jewel of classic commemoratives.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The largest U.S. coin denomination ever issued for commerce and the crown jewel of classic commemoratives.
$50 gold commemorative, Panama-Pacific Exposition, Octagonal, PCGS MS64
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $163,125
- Kind
- Realized at auction
GreatCollections archive: 1915-S Pan-Pac $50 Octagonal examples sold from $44,438 to $163,125 across grades over 15 years; high end represents top-graded MS64+.
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08