1949-D Franklin Half Dollar 50c, PCGS MS 67 FBL - Conditionally Rare!
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This is a PCGS graded coin and you will receive the pictured coin. You are buying a 1949-D Franklin Half Dollar graded MS67 FBL by PCGS. Original 1949-D Franklin halves in Superb Gem condition with Full Bell Lines and essentially undisturbed surfaces are great numismatic rarities. This exceedingly well-preserved example exhibits frosty, pristine mint luster on both sides and showcase vivid multicolor toning. A high-end Registry coin. The 1949-D Franklin half dollar is plentiful with Full Bell Lines, although most such coins grade no finer than MS65. The issue is elusive in MS66 Full Bell Lines, and the finest pieces known in this strike category are 6!! ( Population: 6 in 67 Full Bell Lines, None finer (9/25)) This is an excellent coin to add to your collection.
Coin Features:
PCGS graded 67 FBL
Nice Eye Appeal
Known as a Franklin Half Dollar
Obverse: Portrait of Franklin Facing Right
Reverse: Liberty Bell with Small Eagle to the Right. Eagle was recut in 1956 due to weak strikes
Franklin (1948 – 1963) - In 1947, under orders from Mint Director Nellie Tayloe Ross, Mint engraver John Sinnock began work on designing a new half dollar using the likeness of Benjamin Franklin. Sinnock called upon his previous works as a template. In 1926, Sinnock created the commemorative half for the nation’s sesquicentennial celebration. The reverse of this coin featured a Liberty bell, and this served as inspiration for the new half dollar reverse. The obverse portrait was taken from a 1932 bronze medal. Sinnock had created the medal’s portrait using 18th century drawings done of Franklin by French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. The half was produced for sixteen years until the untimely death of John F. Kennedy spawned the memorial redesign of the half to feature the likeness of the assassinated president.
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