Coin collectors, formally called numismatists, know the value of many coins and understand that the better shape a coin is in ...

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The City of Franklin is hoping to use some local dollars to get portions of their road project wish list done while they wait for more funding.

The Franklin half dollar, struck by the United States Mint from 1948 to 1963, is a significant piece of American coinage history. Named after one of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin, this ...

The United States Treasury has put in its final order of pennies, and production is expected to end early next year. Here's what you should know.

Those coins permanently replaced the Benjamin Franklin 50-cent pieces, thus limiting the supply of the Franklin half dollars and contributing to current values that run into six figures.

If you were very good with your time, a Ben Franklin type, it might have been profitable for you to get the coin immediately. You would get to your uses with the coin, and your march toward ...