1956 HALF DOLLAR
PCGS Nos: 6671, 86671, 6697,
86697, 96697, 6686, 86686
Mintage:
Circulation strikes: 4,032,000
Proofs: 669,384
Designer: John R.
Sinnock, the reverse adapted from a design by John Frederick Lewis
Diameter: ±30
millimeters
Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%
Weight: ±193
grains (±12.5 grams)
Edge: Reeded
Mintmark: None (for
Philadelphia) centered above the bell on the reverse
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Images courtesy of Ron
Guth
Varieties:
Type 1 reverse
Type 2 reverse
Recent appearances:
PCGS Proof-68 Deep Cameo. Ex-
Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s "October 2000 Long Beach
Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6409, not illustrated, not sold
PCGS Proof-68 Deep Cameo. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6408, not
illustrated, not sold
PCGS Proof-68 Deep Cameo. Ex- Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"October 2000 Long Beach Sale" October 5-7, 2000, Lot 6407, not
illustrated, not sold
PCGS Proof-68 Cameo. Ex - Superior Galleries' "The ANA 2001
National Money Show Auction", March 8-9, 2001, Lot 320, sold for
$92.00
PCGS Proof-68 Cameo. Ex - Heritage Numismatic Auctions, Inc.'s
"Long Beach Signature Sale", May 31-June 2, 2001, Lot 8570,
"Type 2", not illustrated, sold for $402.50
PCGS MS-67 Full Bell Lines. Ex - Bowers & Merena Galleries'
"The Cabinet of Lucien M. LaRiviere, Part II", March 15-17,
2001, Lot 1826, sold for $3,105.00
PCGS MS-65 Full Bell
Lines. Ex - Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles,
Inc.'s "Benson Collection, Part I", February 16, 18-20, 2001,
Lot 1922, not illustrated, sold for $63.00
Notes:
The finest Uncirculated non-Full Bell Line examples graded by PCGS are
9 MS-67's.
The finest Uncirculated Full Bell Line examples graded by PCGS are 5 MS-67's.
The finest Proof "Type 1" examples graded by PCGS are 38 PR-68's.
The finest Proof Cameo "Type1" examples graded by PCGS are 9 PR-68's.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo "Type 1" examples graded by PCGS are
2 PR-68's.
The finest Proof "Type 2" examples graded by PCGS are 11 PR-69's.
The finest Proof Cameo "Type 2" examples graded by PCGS are 17 PR-69's.
The finest Proof Deep Cameo "Type 2" examples graded by PCGS are
36 PR-69's.
Sources and/or recommended
reading:
"The PCGS Population Report, April 2003" by The
Professional Coin Grading Service
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