Topic: Silver Half Dollars
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How Much is a Silver Half Dollar Worth?
A silver dollar is worth about $10 for its silver value. For the $10 price the condition does not matter, nor does the year (as long as it is before 1965). A few years and mint marks are worth more. The best mint mark is CC - those can be w... Read More »
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How to Know If Half Dollars Are Silver
Silver dollar collection is an American coin-lover’s hobby but without some basic knowledge about it you can lose money. With so many forgeries in circulation and changes to silver coin production, your prized currency could fall short of t... Read More »
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How to Clean a Silver Half Dollar
Silver coins--including the silver half dollar--form a brown or black oxidized layer that covers the coin over time as the coin is exposed to the air. This is a chemical reaction that is caused by small amounts of sulfur in the air. It is, ... Read More »
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Featured Content: Silver Half Dollars
The silver content of dimes and quarters was totally eliminated, but the Kennedy half dollar composition still contained silver (reduced from 90 to 40 percent) ... More »
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The U.S. Mint struck silver half dollars from 1794 until 1964, when the value of silver made it too expensive to put the metal into widespread use in coinage. The Kennedy half dollar continued to contain about 20 percent silver from 1964 to... Read More »
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Halves dated 1947 and earlier and dollars dated 1935 and earlier all carry various images of Miss Liberty. Halves from 1948 to 1963 have a portrait of Ben Franklin. From 1964 to today they have John F. Kennedy's portrait. Note that halves d... Read More »
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The Kennedy half dollar was introduced in 1964 after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. It replaced the Benjamin Franklin half dollar. 1964 is the only year the Kennedy half dollar was minted in 90 percent silver. Read More »
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The U.S. Mint struck the first silver half dollar in 1794 with the "flowing hair" Liberty design and minted its last primarily silver half dollar in 1964 as part of the Kennedy design. The two centuries in between represent billions of coin... Read More »
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If you own silver half-dollars, consider yourself fortunate. Silver halves such as the Seated Liberty, Barber, Walking Liberty, Franklin or the 1964 Kennedy are highly collectible. None are in active circulation, and many were melted in 198... Read More »
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Are you are a serious coin collector interested in making a profit by selling some of your silver half- dollars? Or perhaps you have an excess of Kennedy half-dollars you won't use or have found a Franklin or Walking Liberty half-dollar coi... Read More »
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