Proof 1961 Franklin Half Dollar - Proof Strike 1961-P Silver Half Dollar - Philadelphia Mint -

This listing is for one Proof Strike 1961 Benjamin Franklin Half Dollar, as pictured. What is a proof strike? The U.S. Mint defines the proof strike type as “a specially produced coin made from highly polished planchets and dies and often struck more than once to accent the design. Proof coins receive the highest quality strike possible and can be distinguished by their sharpness of detail and brilliant, mirror-like surface.” A business strike, by contrast, sometimes referred to as a "circulation strike", refers to coins produced with the intent that they will circulate in everyday commerce (as opposed to a proof coin specially made for collectors). Franklin Half Dollar History: 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 fi