Benjamin Franklin Half Dollars, 5 Coins Mystic Choice
# MCN123 - Benjamin Franklin Half Dollars, 5 Coins Mystic Choice
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Get 90% Silver Franklin Half Dollars
Only Produced for 15 Years
This was the first regular-issue United States coin to honor someone other than a president. Engraved by John R. Sinnock, it pictures Jean-Antoine Houdon’s bust of Benjamin Franklin. A brief controversy erupted when people mistook Sinnock’s initials (JRS) as a tribute to Joseph Stalin.
Sinnock died before completing the coin, so his successor, Gilroy Roberts, completed work on the reverse, which pictures the Liberty Bell. The mint mark for the Denver and San Francisco Mints is above the bell. A small eagle was added to the right of the bell because the Coinage Act of 1873 required that the eagle be included on every coin greater than a dime.
Did you know?
Ben Franklin didn’t believe coins should have portraits – he preferred proverbs that made you think. Franklin also would have opposed the eagle on his coin. He called them “scavengers,” and suggested the wild turkey for national bird.
These coins were the last series of half dollars struck every year in 90% silver. In 1964, they were quickly replaced with the Kennedy half dollar.
Now you can own five Franklin Silver half dollars and save more than $25. Coins may vary, but that’s half the fun. Send for yours now.
Get 90% Silver Franklin Half Dollars
Only Produced for 15 Years
This was the first regular-issue United States coin to honor someone other than a president. Engraved by John R. Sinnock, it pictures Jean-Antoine Houdon’s bust of Benjamin Franklin. A brief controversy erupted when people mistook Sinnock’s initials (JRS) as a tribute to Joseph Stalin.
Sinnock died before completing the coin, so his successor, Gilroy Roberts, completed work on the reverse, which pictures the Liberty Bell. The mint mark for the Denver and San Francisco Mints is above the bell. A small eagle was added to the right of the bell because the Coinage Act of 1873 required that the eagle be included on every coin greater than a dime.
Did you know?
Ben Franklin didn’t believe coins should have portraits – he preferred proverbs that made you think. Franklin also would have opposed the eagle on his coin. He called them “scavengers,” and suggested the wild turkey for national bird.
These coins were the last series of half dollars struck every year in 90% silver. In 1964, they were quickly replaced with the Kennedy half dollar.
Now you can own five Franklin Silver half dollars and save more than $25. Coins may vary, but that’s half the fun. Send for yours now.