PCGS MS 65 - Elgin Centennial Half Dollar - The 100th anniversary of the founding of Elgin, ILL. Frosty GEM with nice luster. Pioneer with fur cap on obverse and The Pioneer Memorial statuary on reverse. The 1673 date was the year that Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette entered ILL. territory. Mintage of 25,015 with 5000 melted.