Franklin half dollar
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The Franklin half dollar is a coin that was struck by the United States Mint from 1948 to 1963. The fifty-cent piece pictures Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on t
The Sesquicentennial half dollar. Its reverse was used as the basis for the Franklin half dollar's reverse.
John R. Sinnock's medal of Franklin served as the basis of his obverse for the half dollar.
Close-up of the "Bugs Bunny" variety of the Franklin half dollar
The release of the Franklin half dollar was front-page news in the coin collecting world, as seen by the June 1948 The Numismatist.
Walking Liberty half dollar
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The Walking Liberty half dollar is a silver 50-cent piece or half dollar coin that was issued by the United States Mint from 1916 to 1947; it was designed by Adolph A. Weinman, a well-known sculptor a
Oscar Roty's "Sower" design for French coins may have inspired Weinman's obverse.
Weinman's 1909 Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument may have given him his head of Liberty (from the head of Victory, on right) and displays similar use of foliage.
Sculptor Adolph Weinman
A 1916-S half dollar with the mint mark on the obverse.