Franklin Half Dollar Value
Most of your Franklin half dollar value rides the price of silver up or down. At $15 to 16 per ounce the minimum value is $5.45 to $6 each.
Franklin Half Dollars 1948-1963 Coin Guide
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The Franklin Half Dollar marked a couple of very important changes to our coinage. First, this series completed the conversion of our coin designs from allegorical figures to portraits of Americans important to our history.
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1963 Franklin Half Dollar
A full set of Franklin halves consists of 35 different strikes and 14 different proofs. Because it is so compact and easily affordable in less-than-pristine grades, the series is widely collected by date and mint.
Franklin Half Dollars (1948-63)
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Franklin Half dollars were in production for 16 years, when the series was
cut short in order to memorialize President John F. Kennedy who was assassinated
in 1963.
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Franklin half dollars were made for just 16 years. The series was cut short at the end of 1963, when John F. Kennedy's shocking assassination led to the creation of a new half dollar memorializing the martyred president.
Franklin Half Dollar: the U.S. Half Dollars struck from 1948 to 1963 with the head of Benjamin Franklin on the front.
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Franklin half dollar
The John Sinnock designed half dollar struck from 1948 until 1963. This featured Ben Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on the reverse.
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Franklin Half Dollar
Designed by John Sinnock (who also designed the Roosevelt dime), the Franklin Half-Dollar features a profile bust of Benjamin Franklin.
Franklin Half Dollar: Above the Liberty Bell and below the 'E' in "STATES" on the reverse.
Kennedy Half Dollar: 1964: To the left of the olive branch on the reverse. 1968 to date: Above the date.
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The Franklin half dollar succeeded the Walker in 1948. But 38 years later, in 1986, Uncle Sam dusted off the Weinman design for the obverse of the 1-ounce American Eagle silver bullion coin, which has been minted yearly ever since.
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The Franklin Half Dollar was minted from 1948 to 1963; it was originally known as the Liberty Bell Half. The initials of the designer, John R. Sinnock, appear below Franklin's shoulder.
Reverse Varieties Of The
1959 Franklin Half Dollar
(Originally published in Coin World's Variety Notebook Column August 1999)
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A term used for a Franklin half dollar where the lower set of lines on the Liberty Bell is fully visible. Full Bell Lines are rarer than non-Full Bell Lines, and is an important modifier in grading Franklin half dollars.
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" Full Bell Lines Refers to the lower design lines on the Liberty Bell of the Franklin half dollar. Worth a premium if complete. "I'm not interested unless it's got four full bell lines." Full Head Refers to the head detail on 1916-30 U.S.
See Also -- Fair Franklin Short for Franklin half dollar. Franklin half dollar The John Sinnock designed half dollar struck from 1948 until 1963. This featured Ben Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on the reverse.
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FBL - "Full Bell Lines" - term used to indicate how well detailed a US Franklin Half Dollar is. The Liberty Bell makes up the reverse design on Franklin halves. Lines go across the bottom of the Liberty Bell.
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Note that gem uncirculated Barber, Walking Liberty, and Franklin half dollars are worth considerably more than their silver value.
The Liberty Bell depicted on the Franklin half dollar.
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The eighth Chief Engraver of the United States Mint and designer of the Roosevelt dime and Franklin half dollar, among other U.S. coins. His initials "JS" on the dime can be found at the base of the Roosevelt bust.
Bugs Bunny - A variety of Franklin half dollars, that were struck in 1955, which have a die defect resulting in the portrait of Benjamin Franklin appearing to have protruding teeth like Bugs Bunny.
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FBL: "Full Bell Lines" Used to describe Franklin half dollars where the lower lines on the Liberty Bell are fully visible to the eye.
Similarly, the Franklin half dollar was only 13 years old when a special act of Congress authorized the Kennedy half. The change from the Eisenhower dollar to the Susan B. Anthony also required a special act of Congress.
It is similar to the design on the reverse of the Franklin Half Dollar. No coins were dated 1975. Those produced in 1975 were of the bicentennial type. Beginning in 1977, the dollar coin went back to the traditional design.
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in silver coins, buyers basically have three choices of 90% silver half-dollars: 1964-dated Kennedy half-dollars, Ben Franklin half-dollars, and Walking Liberty half-dollars. As a rule, circulated Kennedy half dollars and Franklin half dollars ...
Type Coin - A series of coins defined by a shared distinguishing design, composition, denomination and other elements. For example, Barber dimes or Franklin half dollars.
Other examples of supplemental designations assigned by the grader include a determination of whether a Mercury Dime has full split bands, or whether a Franklin Half Dollar displays full lines on its Liberty Bell.
 See also: Franklin, Dollar, Coin, Silver, Half
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