Lot 290
1963 US Silver Half Dollars
Sold October 23, 2025
- Price realized
- $250
Price realized is the winning bid (hammer price) and excludes buyer’s premium.
About this lot
Estimated Value: $250-400
Origin: United States
Denomination: Half Dollars
Year: 1963
Mint: Philadelphia
Grade: Various Conditions
Metal: 90% silver, 10% copper
Weight: 250.0g total
Additional Description: The 1963 U.S. Silver Half Dollar is the final issue in the Franklin series, a coin that, while unassuming in design, holds a significant place in the timeline of American coinage. Struck in 90% silver at both the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, it was the last half dollar released before a sudden and historic change: the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in November of that year. The Franklin Half Dollar, in circulation since 1948, had always stood apart—its obverse bearing a sober profile of Benjamin Franklin, its reverse the cracked Liberty Bell, accompanied by a small eagle added not by artistic choice but by statute. Together, they presented a design that favored substance over sentiment, a reflection of civic virtue rather than heroic idealism.
Lot details
- Lot
- 290
- Closed
- October 23, 2025
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