1955 Franklin Half Dollar- Choose by Grade - Key Date of the Franklin Series - 1955P Silver Half Dollar - Philadelphia Mint

This listing is for one 1955 Franklin Silver Half Dollar, as pictured. Choose by grade! No Mint Mark, denoting the Philadelphia Mint. 1955 is the lowest mintage of the Franklin Half Dollar series, making it the key date for this coin type. The Franklin half dollar was struck by the United States Mint from 1948 to 1963. The fifty-cent piece pictures Founding Father Benjamin Franklin on the obverse and the Liberty Bell on the reverse. A small eagle was placed to the right of the bell to fulfill the legal requirement that half dollars depict the figure of an eagle. Mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross had admired Franklin, and wanted him to be depicted on a coin. In 1947, she instructed her chief engraver, John R. Sinnock, to prepare designs for a Franklin half dollar. Sinnock's designs were based on his earlier work, but he died before their completion. The designs were completed by Sinnock's successor, Gilroy Roberts. The Mint submitted the new designs to the Commission of Fine Arts ("Com