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1955 Full Bell Line Franklin Half Dollar: $14,100. 1952 Full Bell Line Franklin Half Dollar: $42,300. ... 13 Franklin Half Dollars That Have Values From $14K to Nearly $130K. Show comments.
Just under 498 million Franklin half dollars, including proofs, were struck. [10] Close-up of the "Bugs Bunny" variety of the Franklin half dollar. There are only 35 different dates and mintmarks in the series, making it a relatively inexpensive collecting project. [20] A widely known variety is the 1955 "Bugs Bunny" half. This variety was ...
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many professions and talents -- tradesman, publisher, writer, artist, scientist, inventor, political revolutionary, statesman. Bugs Bunny, on the other hand, is a ...
Face value Coin Obverse design Reverse design Composition Mintage Available Obverse Reverse 50¢ Carver-Washington half dollar George Washington Carver and Booker T. Washington Map of the United States (Delaware was omitted) 90% Ag, 10% Cu Uncirculated: 12,006 (P) 12,006 D 122,024 S [6] 1954 50¢ Northampton, Massachusetts Tercentennial half dollar
Lettered Edge, 1807–1836 (Silver) Year Mint Mintage [4] Comments 1807 (P) 750,500 Small/large stars, 50 over 20, and Bearded Liberty varieties. 1808
Due to the tremendous pressure used, parts of the image of one die may be impressed on the other. Planchets subsequently struck by the clashed dies receive the distorted image. A well-known example is the "Bugs Bunny" Franklin half dollar of 1955, where part of the eagle's wing from the reverse gives Franklin the image of protruding teeth. [12]
If you have a collection of coins sitting around your home, you may want to double-check their value. Three sisters in Ohio just sold a rare dime for $506,250 during an online auction.
The half dollar, sometimes referred to as the half for short or 50-cent piece, is a United States coin worth 50 cents, or one half of a dollar.In both size and weight, it is the largest circulating coin currently minted in the United States, [1] being 1.205 inches (30.61 millimeters) in diameter and 0.085 in (2.16 mm) in thickness, and is twice the weight of the quarter.