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John R. Sinnock based the obverse design of the new Franklin Half Dollar on a bust of Franklin in marble by Jean-Antoine Houdon. The French artist Houdon had made the…

1952-S Franklin Half Dollar The Franklin Half Dollar was struck in the standard composition of 90% silver and 10% copper. The coins have a weight of 12.50 grams, a diameter…

The Franklin Half Dollar was produced from 1948 to 1963, with mintages spanning a wide range. The lowest mintage issue was for the 1955 Franklin Half Dollar at 2,498,181, while…

Full Bell Lines (Buy on eBay) is a grading designation used for the Franklin Half Dollar series. It refers to the horizontal lines running across the lower portion of the…

Proof Franklin Half Dollars (Buy on eBay) were struck for nearly every year of the series from 1950 to 1963. The Proof coinage of this era was offered by the…

The 1963 Franklin Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) represented the final year for the series. This was despite the fact that there was a law in place requiring a duration…

Although it was unknown at the time, the 1962 Franklin Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) would be the second to last year for the series. Coins were produced for circulation…

The 1961 Franklin Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) saw its most dramatic change in the surging mintage for the proof version of the coin, which nearly doubled from the prior…

For the 1960 Franklin Half Dollar (Buy on eBay), the United States Mint introduced a newly reworked master die, which resulted in a very different appearance for the coins. Whereas,…

The 1959 Franklin Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) was produced at the Philadelphia and Denver mints for circulation and at the Philadelphia Mint in proof version for collectors. While the…