1957 (P) FRANKLIN SILVER HALF DOLLAR PROOF * PR67 PCGS CERT * BEAUTIFUL FINISH!!

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***************************** *** BEN FRANKLIN SILVER PROOF *** ***************************** Thank you for shopping at UNITED STATES COIN RESERVE YOU ARE LOOKING AT: 1957 (P) BEN FRANKLIN PROOFSILVER HALF DOLLAR PR67 PCGS CERTIFIEDBRILLIANT MIRROR FINISH BEAUTIFUL DETAILS! professionally sealed case ***************************** *** BEN FRANKLIN SILVER PROOF *** ***************************** ITEM DETAILS: 1957 (P) BEN FRANKLIN SILVER HALF DOLLAR PROOF PR67 PCGS CERTIFIED Numismatic Value: $9.00 - $300.00 Type: Ben Franklin Half Dollar Proof Year: 1957 Mint Mark: Philadelphia Face Value: 0.50 USD Total Produced: 1,247,952 Silver Content: 90% Silver Weight: .3617 oz. Silver Melt: $14.78The Franklin half dollar is a coin that was struck by the United States Mint ("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 figure of an eagle. Produced in 90 percent silver with a reeded edge , the coin was struck at the Philadelphia , Denver , and San Francisco mints.Mint director Nellie Tayloe Ross had long admired Franklin, and wanted him to be depicted on a coin. In 1947, she instructed the Mint's chief engraver, John R. Sinnock read more