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

United States · 1948–1963 · Silver

229listed now
45–69grades live
15dates listed
$45.00cheapest live

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$45.00
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Most listed grade
MS66
113 of 229 live
Top grade live
MS69
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69$245.00·968$86.00·1267$48.00·3066$45.00·11365$45.00·4464$48.00·1663$148.00·345$345.00·1

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
Explore the era

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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●NGC66

1951-S ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC67

1958-D ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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●NGC67

1959-D ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$5,485Buy It Now
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●NGC69

1963 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$515.00Buy It Now
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●NGC69

1955 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$365.00Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1961 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$46.00Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1960 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$48.00Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1951-D ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$784.90Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1951-D ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

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Lot · 2 slabs
●NGC691955 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"
2 slabs detected · 1 identified
$365.00Lot · Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1960 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$50.00Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1951-D ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$784.90Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1960 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$49.95Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1951-S ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$1,443Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1959 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$1,302Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1957 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$65.00Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1962 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$59.00Buy It Now
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●NGC67

1962 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$85.00Buy It Now
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●NGC68

1963 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$125.00Buy It Now
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●NGC66

1949-D ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$2,768Buy It Now
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◆PCGS67

1962 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$86.35Buy It Now
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◆PCGS—

1963 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$319.09Buy It Now
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◆PCGS66

1956 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$80.95Buy It Now
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◆PCGS66

1956 ½ Dollar "Franklin Half Dollar"

$80.95Buy It Now
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