Item Add To Cart. Please login or create an account to continue. Add to Compare. Product Description. Mint respectively, the Franklin Half Dollar is an exquisitely designed coin that is popular among collectors. Product Details. This coin series is easy to assemble in circulated condition and only slightly challenging to assemble a set and uncirculated condition. Depending on the price of silver, the set can be quite affordable for a beginning collector on a limited budget.
As you can see from the prices and values, it is an affordable series of coins to collect no matter what your coin collecting skill level. Sinnock sculpted the design for the Franklin half dollar based upon a bust statue of Benjamin Franklin created by Jean Antoine Houdon. The reverse features a large rendition of the Liberty Bell that is very similar in design to the reverse of the Sesquicentennial of the American Independence commemorative half dollar.
American public greeted the new Franklin half dollars with lackluster appreciation. At this time in the history of the United States, half dollars were the workhorse of the economy and circulated freely. Because of its lackluster design not many people collected them for their numismatic value. However, some people retained bank-wrapped rolls of uncirculated Franklin half dollars which would later come on the market for today's coin collectors looking to assemble a nice collection of uncirculated Franklin half dollars.
Depending on the current price of silver, the coin could be worth more because of its silver content than its value to a coin collector. The value of a coin that is solely based on its metallic content is known as the intrinsic metal value or bullion value of the coin.
Don't expect to walk into a coin shop with a bag of coins and have the coin dealer dig through them to pull out the nice ones.
If you want top dollar for your coins, you need to sort them and organize them so the dealer can quickly see what you have. Franklin half dollars do not have any rare dates or varieties.
This makes them very affordable for the average coin collector in just about any grade. Yet, with FBL details, this issue is among the rarest. All coin series boast errors and varieties. The Franklin half dollar series is certainly no exception. There are many Franklin half dollars with scarce and intriguing errors.
Included are off-center strikes, multiple strikes not the same as a doubled die , and die cracks. The same is true for the varieties, including doubled dies and repunched mintmarks. Bugs Bunny variety Franklin half. One of the most popular Franklin half varieties is the Bugs Bunny Franklin half dollar. It's a somewhat scarce die clash error in which Franklin appears to have two buck teeth—very similar in appearance to those donned by famous cartoon hare Bugs Bunny. A particularly rare Franklin half dollar variety is the doubled die proof.
It bears strong doubling across the reverse of the coin. The Franklin half dollar series is a terrific set for novice or seasoned coin collectors alike. There are only 35 regular-issue coins not including proofs or varieties necessary for assembling a basic complete set. Most of these coins can be easily obtained in circulated grades for little more than their silver value.
Yet, advanced collectors who want a more numismatically and financially challenging set need simply turn to high-end and FBL-level issues. Produced in 90 percent silver with a reeded edge. We acquire these circulated coins in large quantities and do not cherry pick them, therefore these coin rolls are always unsearched by us. These coins are generally purchased for their silver content as they typically lack true numismatic value. Occasionally we ship monster boxes and a limited number of other items UPS or FedEx depending on the delivery address.
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