Although the face value of a Ben Franklin half dollar ... In the case of the 1950 Franklin half-dollar proof, the Mint had not been making proofs for eight years, and many of the proofs that ...

During the span from 1950 to 1963, the U.S. Mint issued ... a $32 silver spot price,” he said. “Thus, a half-dollar coin from the 1950s is worth over $10, quarters are worth over $5 each ...