United States 1952 half dollar

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Stack's Bowers August 2020 auction, lot 5171
Sold $750, "1952 Franklin Half Dollar. Proof-67 * (NGC)"

The Walking Liberty half dollar was retired in 1948 in favor of Benjamin Franklin. While the obverse is inoffensive, the cluttered reverse has long been the object of derision. No date is rare, so collectors seek fully struck examples as well as various doubled die varieties (1948, 1951-S, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962) and some spectacular clashed dies.

Recorded Mintage: 21,192,093, a common date.

Specification: 12.5 g, 0.900 fine silver, .361 troy oz ASW, 30.6 mm diameter, reeded edge, designed by John R Sinnock and engraved by Frank Gasparro.

Catalog reference: KM 199.

Source:

  • Yeoman, R. S., and Kenneth Bressett (ed.), A Guide Book of United States Coins, 65th Ed., Atlanta, GA: Whitman Publishing, 2011.
  • Alexander, David T., Coin World Comprehensive Catalog & Encyclopedia of United States Coins, Sidney, OH: Amos Press, 1995.
  • Breen, Walter H., Walter Breen's Complete Encyclopedia of U. S. and Colonial Coins, New York: Doubleday, 1987.
  • Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.

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