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½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar" · “Franklin Half Dollar”

United States · 1948–1963 · Silver

12listed now
68grades live
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The coin

The story

The Franklin Half Dollar

For sixteen years, Americans carried Benjamin Franklin and a cracked Liberty Bell in their pockets. It is the only regular U.S. coin to honor a Founding Father who was never president — and the art board nearly killed it over that crack.

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Designer

John R. Sinnock
Meet the designer

Era

Postwar America: The Silver Years
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Catalogue

Issuer
United States
Years
1948–1963
Metal
Silver
All United States series
NFull history on Numista

Issues — by date & mint

12 listed · each its own page
19481 live · from $345.001949-S1 live · from $195.0019522 live · from $701.0019536 live · from $211.00195442 live · from $132.00195526 live · from $73.0019584 live · from $59.00196010 live · from $48.0019603 live · from $76.00196125 live · from $50.0019619 live · from $45.00196214 live · from $48.00

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Date195443196135196334195526195616196216195712195912196012195361951519585194931952219481
MintD11S3P2
Grade661136544673064166812699633451
GraderPCGS162NGC67

Variant (VAM, DMPL, CAC) and the exact subgrade live on each listing — that’s where they matter, once you’re looking at a specific coin.

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●NGC68

1961 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC68

1956 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC68

1959 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC681963 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"
2 slabs detected · 1 identified
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Lot · 2 slabs
●NGC681955 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"
2 slabs detected · 1 identified
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●NGC68

1956 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC68

½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC68

1961 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC68

1959 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$156.77Buy It Now
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●NGC68

1963 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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◆PCGS68

1956 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$269.19Buy It Now
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●NGC68

1960 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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