Issue Price: The clad 1986-S Statue of Liberty Commemorative Half Dollar was sold directly by the U.S Mint at a pre issue price of $6.50 each coin. The regular issue price was then set at $7.50 for each coin. The Mint also offered a clad Uncirculated1986 half dollar version with the same design.
When was the first proof of a half dollar made?
Proof Franklin half dollars minted in the early 1950s, when mintage figures were in the lower five digits, are significantly scarcer than those made a decade later, when proof mintages reached past the million mark. As a rule, deep-mirrored specimens with cameo effects are much rarer than proof Franklin half dollars without frosted devices.
What makes a proof coin an Ultra Cameo?
To earn the Cameo or Ultra Cameo designation, the coin must show the contrast between the fields and devices on both sides. Here is an illustration showing proof coins with different designations, indicating varying degrees of frost on the devices (also called design elements): Click images to enlarge.
Where was the 1964 half dollar coin made?
The mint produced more than 273 million coins at the Philadelphia mint and more than 156 million coins at the Denver mint facility. The best-known variety is the 1964 Proof Heavily Accented Hair variety.
1986-D Uncirculated Statue of Liberty Half Dollar 1 Pre-Issue Price: 2 Regular Price: 3 Final Mintage: Pre-Issue Price: $6.50 Regular Price: $7.50
When was the first half dollar coin made?
Notably, the half dollar was the first commemorative coin for this denomination struck in the copper nickel clad composition. The obverse of the coin depicts a ship of immigrants entering New York Harbor. The skyline is circa 1913, with an image of the Statue of Liberty in the foreground and a rising sun in the background.
What are the inscriptions on the half dollar coin?
The inscriptions read “United States of America”, “A Nation of Immigrants”, “E Pluribus Unum”, and the denomination “Half Dollar”. The reverse was designed by Sherl Joseph Winter.
