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.

Benjamin Franklin was a man of many professions and talents -- tradesman, ... As GR Coins noted, the 1955 Franklin half dollar is the lowest mintage coin of the entire series, ...

In the first half of the 20th century, director of the United States Mint Nellie Tayloe Ross made a point to include the face of one of his idols, Benjamin Franklin, in some of the coins in ...

Last year, the United States commemorated the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, who was gunned down in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. One of the smaller impacts of JFK's ...