Flowing Hair Half Dollar

The Flowing Hair Half Dollar was among the first of all silver coins to be struck at the Philadelphia Mint. The series was issued for only two years from 1794 to 1795 and survivors are scarce, particularly for the lower mintage first year of issue.

Bust Half Dollar

The Half Dollar was produced since the very first days of the US Mint's existence and was a very popular and useful coin amongst U.S. citizens. Bust half dollars with lettered edges have undeniable charm, much like the copper coinage of early America. They were struck with screw presses, and each working die was prepared individually, the date, stars and lettering punched in by hand.

Liberty Seated Half Dollar

The The front of these coins (also called the Obverse) has the Goddess or Lady Liberty seated. She holds what looks like a small flag in her left hand. It was one of the longest running half dollars up to that point in history.

Barber or Liberty Head Half Dollar

The In 1892 the half dollar was changed from the Seated Liberty design that had been in use since 1839. Charles Barber, the mint engraver, was selected by the mint director Edward Leech to do the designs for the new coins.

Liberty Walking Half Dollar

The Liberty Walking half dollar is also referred to as a Walking Liberty half dollar. Both titles are correct and are widely accepted by numismatists and coin collectors. Struck in 90% silver, the obverse depicts Liberty striding toward the dawn of a new day. The reverse features a bald eagle perched defiantly on a mountain pine, sending a message that the U.S. was ready to defend itself against all foes.

Ben Franklin Half Dollar

The fifty-cent piece pictures Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on the reverse. A small eagle was placed to the right of the bell to fulfill the legal requirement that half dollars depict the figure of an eagle.

Kennedy Half Dollar

Thefirst minted in 1964, it is a fifty-cent coin currently issued by the United States Mint. Intended as a memorial to the assassinated President John F. Kennedy, it was authorized by Congress just over a month after his death.

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