United States 1896 half dollar

This issue is from a type struck 1892-1916 at Philadelphia (shown here), Denver, New Orleans and San Francisco. Altho it is low mintage for a Philadelphia issue, it obtains little premium.

Recorded mintage: 950,762.

Specification: 12.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .361 troy oz ASW, reeded edge, designed by Charles Barber.

Catalog reference: KM 116.

Source:

• Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
• Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
• Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.

Link to:

• 1892 half dollar, Columbian Exposition
• 1893 half dollar, Columbian Exposition
• 1896 quarter
• 1896 silver dollar
• 1896-S 10 dollars
• 1900 dime
• 1901 half dollar
• Coins and currency dated 1896
• return to United States Barber Half Dollars (1892-1915)