Flowing Hair half dollar
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Small eagle reverse, 1796 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[1] |
Comments |
| 1794 |
(P) |
23,464 |
|
| 1795 |
(P) |
299,680 |
|
Draped Bust half dollars
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Small eagle reverse, 1796-1797 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[2] |
Comments |
| 1796 |
(P) |
3,918 |
There are 15- and 16-star varieties. |
| 1797 |
(P) |
(unknown) |
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Heraldic eagle reverse
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Heraldic eagle reverse, 1801–1807 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[2] |
Comments |
| 1801 |
(P) |
30,289 |
|
| 1802 |
(P) |
29,890 |
|
| 1803 |
(P) |
188,234 |
|
| 1804 |
n/a |
0 |
None struck. |
| 1805 |
(P) |
211,722 |
|
| 1806 |
(P) |
839,576 |
Varieties include knobbed/pointed 6, 6 over 5, large/small stars, stem through/not through claw, and E over A in "States". |
| 1807 |
(P) |
301,076 |
|
Capped Bust half dollar
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Lettered Edge, 1807–1836 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[3] |
Comments |
| 1807 |
(P) |
750,500 |
Small/large stars, 50 over 20, and Bearded Liberty varieties. |
| 1808 |
(P) |
1,368,600 |
|
| 1809 |
(P) |
1,405,810 |
|
| 1810 |
(P) |
1,276,276 |
|
| 1811 |
(P) |
1,203,644 |
|
| 1812 |
(P) |
1,628,059 |
|
| 1813 |
(P) |
1,241,903 |
|
| 1814 |
(P) |
1,039,075 |
|
| 1815 |
(P) |
47,150 |
5 over 2. |
| 1816 |
n/a |
0 |
None struck. |
| 1817 |
(P) |
1,215,564 |
|
| 1818 |
(P) |
1,960,322 |
|
| 1819 |
(P) |
2,208,000 |
|
| 1820 |
(P) |
751,122 |
Varieties include 20 over 19, square/curl base 2, large/small date. |
| 1821 |
(P) |
1,305,797 |
|
| 1822 |
(P) |
1,559,573 |
|
| 1823 |
(P) |
1,694,200 |
|
| 1824 |
(P) |
3,504,954 |
|
| 1825 |
(P) |
2,943,166 |
|
| 1826 |
(P) |
4,004,180 |
|
| 1827 |
(P) |
5,493,400 |
|
| 1828 |
(P) |
3,075,200 |
Curled/square base 2, large/small letters, large/small 8s. |
| 1829 |
(P) |
3,712,156 |
|
| 1830 |
(P) |
4,764,800 |
|
| 1831 |
(P) |
5,873,660 |
|
| 1832 |
(P) |
4,797,000 |
|
| 1833 |
(P) |
5,206,000 |
|
| 1834 |
(P) |
6,412,004 |
|
| 1835 |
(P) |
5,352,006 |
|
| 1836 |
(P) |
6,545,000 |
|
"50 Cents" on Reverse
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Reeded Edge "50 Cents", 1836–1837 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[3] |
Comments |
| 1836 |
(P) |
1,200 |
|
| 1837 |
(P) |
3,629,820 |
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"Half Dol." on Reverse
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Reeded Edge "Half Dol.", 1838–1839 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[3] |
Comments |
| 1838 |
(P) |
3,546,000 |
|
| O |
20 |
First year New Orleans produced the half dollar. |
| 1839 |
(P) |
1,392,976 |
|
| O |
116,000 |
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Seated Liberty half dollar
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No motto, arrows, or rays, 1839–1853 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[4] |
Comments |
| 1839 |
(P) |
100,000[5] |
No drapery from elbow. |
| (P) |
1,972,400 |
Drapery from elbow. |
| 1840 |
(P) |
1,435,008 |
|
| O |
855,100 |
|
| 1841 |
(P) |
310,000 |
|
| O |
401,000 |
|
| 1842 |
(P) |
2,012,764 |
|
| O |
203,000 |
Small date, small letters variety. |
| O |
754,000 |
Medium date, large letters variety. |
| 1843 |
(P) |
3,844,000 |
|
| O |
2,268,000 |
|
| 1844 |
(P) |
1,766,000 |
|
| O |
2,005,000 |
|
| 1845 |
(P) |
589,000 |
|
| O |
2,094,000 |
|
| 1846 |
(P) |
2,210,000 |
|
| O |
2,304,000 |
Medium and tall dates. |
| 1847 |
(P) |
1,156,000 |
|
| O |
2,584,000 |
|
| 1848 |
(P) |
580,000 |
|
| O |
3,180,000 |
|
| 1849 |
(P) |
1,252,000 |
|
| O |
2,310,000 |
|
| 1850 |
(P) |
227,000 |
|
| O |
2,456,000 |
|
| 1851 |
(P) |
200,750 |
|
| O |
402,000 |
|
| 1852 |
(P) |
77,130 |
|
| O |
144,000 |
|
| 1853 |
O |
4 |
No arrows, no rays. Only four known to exist.[6] |
Arrows and rays, no motto
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Arrows and rays, no motto, 1853 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[4] |
Comments |
| 1853 |
(P) |
3,532,708 |
Arrows at date; rays on reverse. |
| O |
1,328,000 |
Arrows at date; rays on reverse. |
Arrows, no rays or motto
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Arrows, no rays or motto, 1854–1855 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[4] |
Comments |
| 1854 |
(P) |
2,982,000 |
|
| O |
5,240,000 |
|
| 1855 |
(P) |
759,500 |
|
| O |
2,688,000 |
|
| S |
129,950 |
First year San Francisco produced the half dollar. |
No motto, arrows, or rays
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No motto, arrows, or rays, 1856–1866 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[4] |
Comments |
| 1856 |
(P) |
938,000 |
|
| O |
2,658,000 |
|
| S |
211,000 |
|
| 1857 |
(P) |
1,988,000 |
|
| O |
818,000 |
|
| S |
158,000 |
|
| 1858 |
(P) |
4,226,000 |
|
| O |
7,294,000 |
|
| S |
476,000 |
|
| 1859 |
(P) |
747,200 |
|
| O |
2,834,000 |
|
| S |
566,000 |
|
| 1860 |
(P) |
302,700 |
|
| O |
1,290,000 |
|
| S |
472,000 |
|
| 1861 |
(P) |
2,888,400 |
|
| O |
2,532,633 |
|
| S |
939,500 |
|
| 1862 |
(P) |
253,550 |
|
| S |
1,352,000 |
|
| 1863 |
(P) |
503,660 |
|
| S |
916,000 |
|
| 1864 |
(P) |
379,570 |
|
| S |
658,000 |
|
| 1865 |
(P) |
511,900 |
|
| S |
675,000 |
|
| 1866 |
S |
60,000 |
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Motto above eagle, no arrows, 1866–1873 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[4] |
Comments |
| 1866 |
(P) |
745,625 |
|
| S |
994,000 |
|
| 1867 |
(P) |
449,925 |
|
| S |
1,196,000 |
|
| 1868 |
(P) |
418,200 |
|
| S |
1,160,000 |
|
| 1869 |
(P) |
795,900 |
|
| S |
656,000 |
|
| 1870 |
(P) |
634,900 |
|
| S |
1,004,000 |
|
| CC |
54,617 |
First year Carson City produced the half dollar. |
| 1871 |
(P) |
1,204,560 |
|
| S |
2,178,000 |
|
| CC |
153,950 |
|
| 1872 |
(P) |
881,550 |
|
| S |
580,000 |
|
| CC |
257,000 |
|
| 1873 |
(P) |
587,000 |
Closed 3. |
| (P) |
214,200 |
Open 3. |
| S |
5,000 |
None are known to currently exist; they were most likely melted down.[7] |
| CC |
122,500 |
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Motto and arrows at date, 1873–1874 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[4] |
Comments |
| 1873 |
(P) |
1,815,700 |
|
| S |
228,000 |
|
| CC |
214,560 |
|
| 1874 |
(P) |
2,360,300 |
|
| S |
394,000 |
|
| CC |
59,000 |
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Motto above eagle, no arrows, 1875–1891 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[4] |
Comments |
| 1875 |
(P) |
6,027,500 |
|
| S |
3,200,000 |
|
| CC |
1,008,000 |
|
| 1876 |
(P) |
8,419,150 |
|
| S |
4,528,000 |
|
| CC |
1,956,000 |
|
| 1877 |
(P) |
8,304,510 |
|
| S |
5,356,000 |
|
| CC |
1,420,000 |
|
| 1878 |
(P) |
1,378,400 |
|
| S |
12,000 |
|
| CC |
62,000 |
|
| 1879 |
(P) |
4,800[8] or 5,900[9] |
|
| 1880 |
(P) |
8,400[10] or 9,755[11] |
|
| 1881 |
(P) |
10,000[12] or 10,975[13] |
|
| 1882 |
(P) |
4,400[14] or 5,500[15] |
|
| 1883 |
(P) |
8,000[16] or 9,039[17] |
|
| 1884 |
(P) |
4,400[18] or 5,275[19] |
|
| 1885 |
(P) |
5,200[20] or 6,130[21] |
|
| 1886 |
(P) |
5,000[22] or 5,886[23] |
|
| 1887 |
(P) |
5,000[24] or 5,710[25] |
|
| 1888 |
(P) |
12,000[26] or 12,833[27] |
|
| 1889 |
(P) |
12,000[28] or 12,711[29] |
|
| 1890 |
(P) |
12,000[30] or 12,590[31] |
|
| 1891 |
(P) |
200,000[32] or 200,600[33] |
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Barber half dollar, 1892–1915 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[34] |
Comments |
| 1892 |
(P) |
935,245 |
|
| O |
390,000 |
Includes Micro-O variety.[35] |
| S |
1,029,028 |
|
| 1893 |
(P) |
1,826,792 |
|
| O |
1,389,000 |
|
| S |
740,000 |
|
| 1894 |
(P) |
1,148,972 |
|
| O |
2,138,000 |
|
| S |
4,048,690 |
|
| 1895 |
(P) |
1,835,218 |
|
| O |
1,766,000 |
|
| S |
1,108,086 |
|
| 1896 |
(P) |
950,762 |
|
| O |
924,000 |
|
| S |
1,140,948 |
|
| 1897 |
(P) |
2,480,731 |
|
| O |
632,000 |
|
| S |
933,900 |
|
| 1898 |
(P) |
2,945,735 |
|
| O |
874,000 |
|
| S |
2,358,550 |
|
| 1899 |
(P) |
5,538,846 |
|
| O |
1,724,000 |
|
| S |
1,686,411 |
|
| 1900 |
(P) |
4,762,912 |
|
| O |
2,744,000 |
|
| S |
2,560,322 |
|
| 1901 |
(P) |
4,268,813 |
|
| O |
1,124,000 |
|
| S |
847,044 |
|
| 1902 |
(P) |
4,922,777 |
|
| O |
2,526,000 |
|
| S |
1,460,670 |
|
| 1903 |
(P) |
2,278,755 |
|
| O |
2,100,000 |
|
| S |
1,920,772 |
|
| 1904 |
(P) |
2,992,670 |
|
| O |
1,117,600 |
|
| S |
553,038 |
|
| 1905 |
(P) |
662,727 |
|
| O |
505,000 |
|
| S |
2,494,000 |
|
| 1906 |
(P) |
2,638,675 |
|
| O |
2,446,000 |
|
| S |
1,740,154 |
|
| D |
4,028,000 |
First year Denver produced the half dollar. |
| 1907 |
(P) |
2,598,575 |
|
| O |
3,946,000 |
|
| S |
1,250,000 |
|
| D |
3,856,000 |
|
| 1908 |
(P) |
1,354,545 |
|
| O |
5,360,000 |
|
| S |
1,644,828 |
|
| D |
3,280,000 |
|
| 1909 |
(P) |
2,368,650 |
|
| O |
925,400 |
Final year New Orleans produced the half dollar. |
| S |
1,764,000 |
|
| 1910 |
(P) |
418,551 |
|
| S |
1,948,000 |
|
| 1911 |
(P) |
1,406,543 |
|
| S |
1,272,000 |
|
| D |
695,080 |
|
| 1912 |
(P) |
1,550,700 |
|
| S |
1,370,000 |
|
| D |
2,300,800 |
|
| 1913 |
(P) |
188,624 |
|
| S |
604,000 |
|
| D |
534,000 |
|
| 1914 |
(P) |
124,610 |
|
| S |
992,000 |
|
| 1915 |
(P) |
138,450 |
|
| S |
1,604,000 |
|
| D |
1,170,400 |
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Walking Liberty half dollar
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Mint mark on obverse, 1916–1917 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[36] |
Comments |
| 1916 |
(P) |
608,000 |
|
| S |
508,000 |
|
| D |
1,014,400 |
|
| 1917 |
(P) |
0 |
Philadelphia half dollars do not show a mint mark; for mintage, see Type 2 immediately below. |
| S |
952,000 |
|
| D |
765,400 |
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Mint mark on reverse, 1917–1947 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[36] |
Comments |
| 1917 |
(P) |
12,292,000 |
|
| S |
5,554,000 |
|
| D |
1,940,000 |
|
| 1918 |
(P) |
6,634,000 |
|
| S |
10,282,000 |
|
| D |
3,853,040 |
|
| 1919 |
(P) |
962,000 |
|
| S |
1,552,000 |
|
| D |
1,165,000 |
|
| 1920 |
(P) |
6,372,000 |
|
| S |
4,624,000 |
|
| D |
1,551,000 |
|
| 1921 |
(P) |
246,000 |
|
| S |
548,000 |
|
| D |
208,000 |
|
| 1923 |
S |
2,178,000 |
|
| 1927 |
S |
2,392,000 |
|
| 1928 |
S |
1,940,000 |
|
| 1929 |
S |
1,902,000 |
|
| D |
1,001,200 |
|
| 1933 |
S |
1,786,000 |
|
| 1934 |
(P) |
6,964,000 |
|
| S |
3,652,000 |
|
| D |
2,361,400 |
|
| 1935 |
(P) |
9,162,000 |
|
| S |
3,854,000 |
|
| D |
3,003,800 |
|
| 1936 |
(P) |
12,617,901 |
|
| S |
3,884,000 |
|
| D |
4,252,400 |
|
| 1937 |
(P) |
9,527,728 |
|
| S |
2,090,000 |
|
| D |
1,676,000 |
|
| 1938 |
(P) |
4,118,152 |
|
| D |
491,600 |
|
| 1939 |
(P) |
6,820,808 |
|
| S |
2,552,000 |
|
| D |
4,267,800 |
|
| 1940 |
(P) |
9,167,279 |
|
| S |
4,550,000 |
|
| 1941 |
(P) |
24,207,412 |
|
| S |
8,098,000 |
|
| D |
11,248,400 |
|
| 1942 |
(P) |
47,839,120 |
|
| S |
12,708,000 |
|
| D |
10,973,800 |
|
| 1943 |
(P) |
53,190,000 |
|
| S |
13,450,000 |
|
| D |
11,346,000 |
|
| 1944 |
(P) |
28,206,000 |
|
| S |
8,904,000 |
|
| D |
9,769,000 |
|
| 1945 |
(P) |
31,502,000 |
|
| S |
10,156,000 |
|
| D |
9,966,800 |
|
| 1946 |
(P) |
12,118,000 |
|
| S |
3,724,000 |
|
| D |
2,151,000 |
|
| 1947 |
(P) |
4,094,000 |
|
| D |
3,900,600 |
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Franklin half dollars
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Franklin half dollars, 1948-1963 (Silver)
| Year |
Mint |
Mintage[37] |
Comments |
| 1948 |
(P) |
3,006,814 |
|
| D |
4,028,600 |
|
| 1949 |
(P) |
5,614,000 |
|
| S |
3,744,000 |
|
| D |
4,120,600 |
|
| 1950 |
(P) |
7,793,509 |
|
| D |
8,031,600 |
|
| 1951 |
(P) |
16,859,602 |
|
| S |
13,696,000 |
|
| D |
9,475,200 |
|
| 1952 |
(P) |
21,274,073 |
|
| S |
5,526,000 |
|
| D |
25,395,600 |
|
| 1953 |
(P) |
2,796,920 |
|
| S |
4,148,000 |
|
| D |
20,900,400 |
|
| 1954 |
(P) |
13,421,503 |
|
| S |
4,993,400 |
|
| D |
25,445,580 |
|
| 1955 |
(P) |
2,876,381 |
|
| 1956 |
(P) |
4,701,384 |
|
| 1957 |
(P) |
6,361,952 |
|
| D |
19,966,850 |
|
| 1958 |
(P) |
4,917,652 |
|
| D |
23,962,412 |
|
| 1959 |
(P) |
7,349,291 |
|
| D |
13,053,750 |
|
| 1960 |
(P) |
7,715,602 |
|
| D |
18,215,812 |
|
| 1961 |
(P) |
11,318,244 |
Includes doubled-die reverse. |
| D |
20,276,442 |
|
| 1962 |
(P) |
12,932,019 |
|
| D |
35,473,281 |
|
| 1963 |
(P) |
25,239,645 |
|
| D |
67,069,292 |
|
Kennedy half dollar mintages
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