The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the 50-cent coin, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or 1⁄2 of a dollar. In both size and weight, it is the largest circulating coin currently minted in
Various half dollar designs. From left to right: Bicentennial, Kennedy, Franklin, Walking Liberty
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
Half dollar (United States coin)
…1836–1839 Seated Liberty 1839–1891 Seated Liberty, No Motto 1839–1866 Seated Liberty, With Motto 1866–1891 Barber 1892–1915 Walking Liberty 1916–1947 Franklin 1948–1963 Kennedy 1964 (General circulation issue) (the last 90% silver half dollar for circulation, contains 0.36169 oz. net silver per coin, or 7.234…
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.