Made of 90% silver, the coin is worth far more than its face value of 50 cents. In fact, some Franklin half-dollar values can be in the thousands. Although the face value of a Ben Franklin half ...

It features a profile of Franklin on the front and the Liberty Bell on the reverse. The Franklin Half Dollar is popular for .

Franklin half dollars were issued from 1948 through 1963, according to the Gainesville Coins website. They were the last U.S. half dollar series struck entirely in 90% silver. The Kennedy half ...

One of the smaller effects of JFK’s assassination is that the government put his image on half dollar coins beginning in 1964. Those coins permanently replaced the Benjamin Franklin 50-cent ...