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Half dollar (United States coin)
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Half Dollar
(United States)
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The Half Dollar is worth 50 cents.
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Definition: The half dollar is the denomination of U.S. coin that is worth 50 cents, or 1/2 dollar.
Flowing Hair Half Dollars (1794-1795)
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Draped Bust (1796-1807)
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The Half Dollar
Silver dollars are big and shiny, but for over 150 years the half dollar was really America's most important silver coin. The first half dollars were delivered from the US Mint on December 1, 1794.
The Kennedy Half Dollar coin was first struck in 1964, less than a year after the death of President John F. Kennedy, and evolved from the Franklin Half Dollar.
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Half dollars minted before 1853 were the Christian Gobrecht designed Seated Liberty type.
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On half dollars of the Draped Bust type, the word LIBERTY appears above the portrait and the date below. Thirteen stars surround Miss Liberty on all coins of this series having the Heraldic Eagle reverse.
The Half Dollar of the United States has been produced nearly every year since the inception of the United States Mint in 1794.
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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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All About Half Dollars
Although half dollars have been made since 1794, only four different designs are ever usually seen by the public.
This Barber Half Dollar series is starting to garner the attention of many collectors. With no major rarities in the series, a complete set is possible to assemble. The austere obverse design gives a beautiful look in high grades.
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Half Dollar The denomination first struck in 1794 that is still struck today.
Half Eagle Literally, half the value of an Eagle. The Eagle was defined by the Mint Act of 1792 as equal to ten silver dollars.
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Half Dollar: the Fifty Cents coins struck from 1794 until today.
Half Eagle: the official government term for a Five Dollars gold piece.
halogen light: an extremely bright light that is often used to grade coins.
1853 HALF DOLLAR
SEATED LIBERTY ARROWS & RAYS
This historical information is provided complements of NGC (Numismatic Guarantee Corporation).
Early Half Dollars (1794-1839)
Unlike dimes and quarters, half dollars have attracted a large and loyal following of numismatists, almost from the cradle days of the hobby.
Kennedy Half Dollar
Gilroy Roberts designed the obverse and Frank Gasparro designed the reverse of the coin that honors John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
Half dollar in Very Fine condition
Among collectors, Draped Bust coins, particularly dollars, are very popular right now. An early dollar is truly a majestic coin. At 39 to 40 mm in diameter (the largest of any U.S.
Half Dollars (1799)
The countermarks on 1797 half dollars are the same as used on the dollar pieces. Most of these coins originated from the Spanish mainland. Manville: "...
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2013 1795 Overton-124. Rarity-5. Flowing Hair. VF-20. Satiny lilac-gray surfaces. Some light planchet adjustment marks on the reverse are the only marks worthy of mention.
1838 Half Dollar
European counterfeit. Note the reverse design does not match an authentic 1838. Holed.
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Bust Half Dollar: Above the date on the 1838-O and 1839-O Reeded Edge coins only. The former is a legendary rarity.
Seated Liberty Half Dollar: Below the eagle on the reverse
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Those half dollars struck from 1916 until 1947. The Walking Liberty design by A.A. Weinman undoubtedly was inspired by the popular Saint-Gaudens/Charles Barber Liberty Standing double eagle then current.
War nickel
Short for Wartime nickel.
A bag of half dollars will net a little more, maybe 718-720 ounces because half-dollars did not circulate as much as dimes and quarters.
Quarter, half dollar and dollar coins struck during the bicentennial era of 1975-1976, with special reverses commemorating the 200th birthday of the United States.
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I have a half dollar made between 1916 and 1947 (Walking Liberty) -- where do I find the mint marks and what are the grades in collectors' terms?
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Uniface Die Trials
Uniface Die Trials are deliberate, one sided impressions using either the obverse or reverse die. These Die Trials can be from finished or unfinished dies.
Liberty Seated Half Dollars
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Franklin Silver Half Dollars
You know the stories of Ben Franklin flying his kite (especially if you remember "Schoolhouse Rock" on ABC) and his POOR RICHARD'S ALMANACK, and oh yes, he did sign the Declaration of Independence.
[See Rounds] Broken 3 Variety of 1823 half dollar. Common. Brown Ikes 1971 to 1978 Eisenhower Proof 40%-silver dollars in brown box of issue.
silver-clad Term to indicate a Kennedy half dollar struck from 1965 to 1970, whose overall content is 40 percent silver and 60 percent copper.
dimes, quarters, half dollars and dollars have been clad.
coin:
flat piece of metal issued by the government as money.
collar:
a metal piece that restrains the expanding metal of a planchet during striking.
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Since 1965, all United States dimes, quarters, half dollars, and dollars have been clad. collar a metal piece that restrains the expanding metal of a planchet during striking.
silver Clad - term referring to US Half Dollars made from 1965 to 1970. Made with an outer layer of 80% silver and 20% copper bonded to an inner core of 20.9% silver and .791% copper. Overall 40% silver.
Bicentennial coins The special quarter dollar, half dollar and dollar struck from mid-1975 to the end of 1976 in honor of the 200th anniversary of American Independence.
Example, it may only cost 6 cents to manufacture a half dollar. However, the mint gets 50 cents for it. The result is 44 cents profit, or seigniorage. show - to display or show a group of coins. Coin shows (or bourses) occur often in many areas.
There are occasional variations to the theme such as a Kennedy half dollar mated with a Mexican 20-centavos reverse or a Lincoln cent mated with a Roosevelt ten-cent reverse or a dime mated with a foreign coin reverse, etc., that are all related.
Quarter Eagles-each to be of the value of two dollars and a half dollar, and to contain sixty-one grains and seven eighths of a grain of pure, or sixty-seven grains and four eighths of a grain of standard gold.
They were to open the boxes, remove the half dollar, and grade it. A grading service employee would be the first person to handle the coin since it left the mint.
Exception must, however, be made with regard to the interesting series of commemorative half dollars.
subtypes) 1838-1891 Barber 1892-1916 Standing Liberty (Type 1) 1916-1917 Standing Liberty (Type 2) 1917-1930 Washington (regular, silver) 1932-1964 Washington (regular, clad) 1965-1974; 1977-1998 Washington Bicentennial All quarter, half dollar and ...
My interest then spread to collecting nickels, dimes, quarters, half dollars, and, eventually, silver dollars.
The coin contained the true value (in theory, anyway) of its denomination in silver with an additional surfacing of better silver that made the new coin look like a bright and shiny half dollar.
He stated "The design of the half dollar bears a full-length figure of Liberty, the folds of the stars and stripes flying to the breeze as a background, progressing in full stride toward the dawn of a new day, carrying branches of laurel and oaks, ...
USA 1964 Kennedy Memorial Half Dollar
JFK was assassinated in Dallas Texas on 22nd November 1963. The very next year the United States of America issued the first of a series of half dollars bearing his head, as a commemorative memorial coin.
Other US coins such as the Seated and Standing Liberty quarters and half dollars have direct referents in Roman coinage. The late colonial period in America was characterized by Neoclassical art and architecture.
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