Franklin Half Dollar, 1948-1963

Design by John R Sinnock., this half dollar was instroduced in 1948. It attracted almost no numismatic interest attention. the mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross had long been a proponent of memorializing Franklin on a US coin. On the reverse, the tiny eagle was included to satisfy the Mint Act of 1873. in 1964 the motif was replacved by John F Kennedy's portrait, that cause Frkanlin Hlaf disappered from circulation in the late 1960s as their silver value grow greater than their face value.
Weigh 12.5 g with composition of 0.900 Silver and 0.100 Copper has a diameter mof 30.6 mm.