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Melt value, today
Franklin Half Dollar
$23.94
0.36169 oz silver × $66.19/oz silver spot
SPOT $66.19/oz silver · 2026-09-21
Every Franklin half dollar (1948–1963) is 90% silver.
Melt is the floor: what the metal alone is worth today. A coin's collector value can be higher (date, mint mark, condition). It is rarely lower.
Melt
$23.94
2026-09-21
Common-date retail
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A dealer's buy price sits under both melt and retail on purpose — that spread is the margin that keeps the doors open. Ours is listed openly instead.
What makes one worth more than melt
- There's no genuine low-mintage circulation date in this series. The real premium is condition: Full Bell Lines (FBL) in mint state, and the 1955 “Bugs Bunny” die-clash variety.
- Common circulated dates trade close to melt.
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Related series
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