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Half Dollars

1 series live, 1 in research and 4 planned. A denomination is not a series — this is all of them.

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Live series

All series →

Early Half Dollars

The workhorse of American silver — 84 million pieces struck because the dollar stopped, kept in bank vaults rather than spent, and attributed one hand-punched die at a time until the Mint announced it could make identical dies.

1794–1836 →

In research: Walking Liberty Halves. Planned: Seated Liberty Coinage · Franklin Halves · Kennedy Halves · Barber Dimes, Quarters & Halves. Named rather than linked: a series goes live when its record is built, and until then the status is the whole of what we can say.

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Type pages and live melt

The melt table →

Silver Half Dollar — Franklin & 1964 Kennedy (90% Silver)

Composition, weight, live melt, key dates, grading and counterfeit checks.

$24.97 melt →

Kennedy Half Dollar (1965–1970, 40% Silver)

Composition, weight, live melt, key dates, grading and counterfeit checks.

$10.29 melt →

Kennedy Half Dollar (Clad, 1971– )

Composition, weight, live melt, key dates, grading and counterfeit checks.

$0.1417 melt →
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