USA Coin Book has compiled a list of the most valuable US half dollars ever known. For this list, we are only including fifty-cent halves: Flowing Hair Half Dollars, Draped Bust Half Dollars, Capped Bust Half Dollars, Seated Liberty Half Dollars, Barber Half Dollars, Walking Liberty Half Dollars, Franklin Silver Half Dollars and Kennedy Half Dollars. In addition, we are NOT factoring in the prices for Proof versions of these halves (unless the Proof version is an error coin or an unusual variety). We are using our database of virtually every US coin ever produced (6,000+ coins) based on year, mint mark, major varieties, errors and their associated price values to come up with a list of the top most valuable half dollar coins known. Our most valuable half dollars list includes coins starting in 1794 up to the present (2024) - including rare half dollar errors and rare varieties. This list and the prices are current as of 2024. Estimated coin prices and values in our database are updated twice per year.
The purpose of this page is to provide coin valuation data to collectors, investors, the media, and anyone interested learning what the most valuable half dollars and fifty-cent coins are. Visitors can click on the links in the list below to view larger images of both sides of the coins (mint mark locations, error/variety diagnosis, etc), detailed pricing data for various conditions/grades of the coins, mintage figures, metal composition, history and other encyclopedic information regarding each individual coin.