1952 Franklin Half Dollar 50c, PCGS MS67 FBL - Mint Set Toning
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This is a PCGS graded coin. You will receive the coin pictured. You are purchasing an 1952 Franklin Half Dollar graded MS67 FBL by PCGS. The frosty surfaces show no distracting abrasions and display a dusting of olive-gold toning with tiny flecks of russet. The bell lines are strong with no significant weakness. Although PCGS reports a handful of Full Bell Lines coins in this grade, the present Superb Gem 1952 Franklin half dollar is among the finest Full Bell Lines pieces known. This is an excellent coin to add to your collection. Coin Features:
PCGS graded MS 67 FBL
Known as a Franklin Half Dollar
Obverse: Bust of Franklin Facing Right. Around Rim: Liberty - In God We Trust
Reverse: Center: Liberty Bell. Right of Bell: Forward Facing Eagle. Around Rim: United States of America - Half Dollar. Motto: E Pluribus Unum
Franklin Half Dollar (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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