- Year: 1963
- Mint Mark: No mint mark
- Type: Franklin Half
- Price: $12.00-$58.00+
- Face Value: 0.50 USD
- Produced: 22,164,000
- Edge: Reeded
- Silver Content: 90%
- Silver Weight: .3617 oz.
- Melt Value: $11.27
Notes: Of the 22 million 1963 Silver Ben Franklin Half Dollars issued just 3.07 million proofs were issued. Proofs are selling for somewhere between $15 and $23 dollars. This was the final year for the Ben Franklin Half Dollars. The rare FBL (Full Bell Line) versions of the Franklin Half Dollar are worth between $200 and $18,000 depending upon overall grade and quality of bell lines. This makes the FBL versions the 2nd most valuable of the series.
Mintages
How much is a 1963 Half Dollar worth?
In Average Circulated (AC) condition it's worth around $12.00, one in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $58 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. So when we say Average Circulated, we mean in a similar condition to other coins circulated in 1963, and mint state meaning it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies. *** [?].
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