United States half dollar mintage figures

Below are the mintage figures for the United States half dollar up to 1963, before the Kennedy half dollar design was introduced. For those, see:

The following mint marks indicate which mint the coin was made at (parentheses indicate a lack of a mint mark):

P = Philadelphia Mint

D = Denver Mint

S = San Francisco Mint

W = West Point Mint

O = New Orleans Mint

CC = Carson City Mint

Flowing Hair half dollar +Small eagle reverse, 1796 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1794(P)23,4641795(P)299,680

Draped Bust half dollars

Small eagle reverse +Small eagle reverse, 1796-1797 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1796(P)3,918There are 15- and 16-star varieties.1797(P)(unknown)

Heraldic eagle reverse +Heraldic eagle reverse, 1801–1807 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1801(P)30,2891802(P)29,8901803(P)188,2341804n/a0None struck.1805(P)211,7221806(P)839,576Varieties include knobbed/pointed 6, 6 over 5, large/small stars, stem through/not through claw, and E over A in "States".1807(P)301,076

Capped Bust half dollar

Lettered Edge +Lettered Edge, 1807–1836 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1807(P)750,500Small/large stars, 50 over 20, and Bearded Liberty varieties.1808(P)1,368,6001809(P)1,405,8101810(P)1,276,2761811(P)1,203,6441812(P)1,628,0591813(P)1,241,9031814(P)1,039,0751815(P)47,1505 over 2.1816n/a0None struck.1817(P)1,215,5641818(P)1,960,3221819(P)2,208,0001820(P)751,122Varieties include 20 over 19, square/curl base 2, large/small date.1821(P)1,305,7971822(P)1,559,5731823(P)1,694,2001824(P)3,504,9541825(P)2,943,1661826(P)4,004,1801827(P)5,493,4001828(P)3,075,200Curled/square base 2, large/small letters, large/small 8s.1829(P)3,712,1561830(P)4,764,8001831(P)5,873,6601832(P)4,797,0001833(P)5,206,0001834(P)6,412,0041835(P)5,352,0061836(P)6,545,000

Reeded Edge

"50 Cents" on Reverse +Reeded Edge "50 Cents", 1836–1837 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1836(P)1,2001837(P)3,629,820

"Half Dol." on Reverse +Reeded Edge "Half Dol.", 1838–1839 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1838(P)3,546,000O20First year New Orleans produced the half dollar.1839(P)1,392,976O116,000

Seated Liberty half dollar

No motto +No motto, arrows, or rays, 1839–1853 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1839(P)100,000No drapery from elbow.(P)1,972,400Drapery from elbow.1840(P)1,435,008O855,1001841(P)310,000O401,0001842(P)2,012,764O203,000Small date, small letters variety.O754,000Medium date, large letters variety.1843(P)3,844,000O2,268,0001844(P)1,766,000O2,005,0001845(P)589,000O2,094,0001846(P)2,210,000O2,304,000Medium and tall dates.1847(P)1,156,000O2,584,0001848(P)580,000O3,180,0001849(P)1,252,000O2,310,0001850(P)227,000O2,456,0001851(P)200,750O402,0001852(P)77,130O144,0001853O4No arrows, no rays. Only four known to exist.

Arrows and rays, no motto +Arrows and rays, no motto, 1853 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1853(P)3,532,708Arrows at date; rays on reverse.O1,328,000Arrows at date; rays on reverse.

Arrows, no rays or motto +Arrows, no rays or motto, 1854–1855 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1854(P)2,982,000O5,240,0001855(P)759,500O2,688,000S129,950First year San Francisco produced the half dollar.

No motto, arrows, or rays +No motto, arrows, or rays, 1856–1866 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1856(P)938,000O2,658,000S211,0001857(P)1,988,000O818,000S158,0001858(P)4,226,000O7,294,000S476,0001859(P)747,200O2,834,000S566,0001860(P)302,700O1,290,000S472,0001861(P)2,888,400O2,532,633S939,5001862(P)253,550S1,352,0001863(P)503,660S916,0001864(P)379,570S658,0001865(P)511,900S675,0001866S60,000

Motto, no arrows +Motto above eagle, no arrows, 1866–1873 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1866(P)745,625S994,0001867(P)449,925S1,196,0001868(P)418,200S1,160,0001869(P)795,900S656,0001870(P)634,900S1,004,000CC54,617First year Carson City produced the half dollar.1871(P)1,204,560S2,178,000CC153,9501872(P)881,550S580,000CC257,0001873(P)587,000Closed 3.(P)214,200Open 3.S5,000None are known to currently exist; they were most likely melted down.CC122,500

Motto and arrows +Motto and arrows at date, 1873–1874 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1873(P)1,815,700S228,000CC214,5601874(P)2,360,300S394,000CC59,000

Motto, no arrows +Motto above eagle, no arrows, 1875–1891 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1875(P)6,027,500S3,200,000CC1,008,0001876(P)8,419,150S4,528,000CC1,956,0001877(P)8,304,510S5,356,000CC1,420,0001878(P)1,378,400S12,000CC62,0001879(P)4,800 or 5,9001880(P)8,400 or 9,7551881(P)10,000 or 10,9751882(P)4,400 or 5,5001883(P)8,000 or 9,0391884(P)4,400 or 5,2751885(P)5,200 or 6,1301886(P)5,000 or 5,8861887(P)5,000 or 5,7101888(P)12,000 or 12,8331889(P)12,000 or 12,7111890(P)12,000 or 12,5901891(P)200,000 or 200,600

Barber half dollar

+Barber half dollar, 1892–1915 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1892(P)935,245O390,000Includes Micro-O variety.S1,029,0281893(P)1,826,792O1,389,000S740,0001894(P)1,148,972O2,138,000S4,048,6901895(P)1,835,218O1,766,000S1,108,0861896(P)950,762O924,000S1,140,9481897(P)2,480,731O632,000S933,9001898(P)2,945,735O874,000S2,358,5501899(P)5,538,846O1,724,000S1,686,4111900(P)4,762,912O2,744,000S2,560,3221901(P)4,268,813O1,124,000S847,0441902(P)4,922,777O2,526,000S1,460,6701903(P)2,278,755O2,100,000S1,920,7721904(P)2,992,670O1,117,600S553,0381905(P)662,727O505,000S2,494,0001906(P)2,638,675O2,446,000S1,740,154D4,028,000First year Denver produced the half dollar.1907(P)2,598,575O3,946,000S1,250,000D3,856,0001908(P)1,354,545O5,360,000S1,644,828D3,280,0001909(P)2,368,650O925,400Final year New Orleans produced the half dollar.S1,764,0001910(P)418,551S1,948,0001911(P)1,406,543S1,272,000D695,0801912(P)1,550,700S1,370,000D2,300,8001913(P)188,624S604,000D534,0001914(P)124,610S992,0001915(P)138,450S1,604,000D1,170,400

Walking Liberty half dollar

Type 1 +Mint mark on obverse, 1916–1917 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1916(P)608,000S508,000D1,014,4001917(P)0Philadelphia half dollars do not show a mint mark; for mintage, see Type 2 immediately below.S952,000D765,400

Type 2 + Mint mark on reverse, 1917–1947 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1917(P)12,292,000S5,554,000D1,940,0001918(P)6,634,000S10,282,000D3,853,0401919(P)962,000S1,552,000D1,165,0001920(P)6,372,000S4,624,000D1,551,0001921(P)246,000S548,000D208,0001923S2,178,0001927S2,392,0001928S1,940,0001929S1,902,000D1,001,2001933S1,786,0001934(P)6,964,000S3,652,000D2,361,4001935(P)9,162,000S3,854,000D3,003,8001936(P)12,617,901S3,884,000D4,252,4001937(P)9,527,728S2,090,000D1,676,0001938(P)4,118,152D491,6001939(P)6,820,808S2,552,000D4,267,8001940(P)9,167,279S4,550,0001941(P)24,207,412S8,098,000D11,248,4001942(P)47,839,120S12,708,000D10,973,8001943(P)53,190,000S13,450,000D11,346,0001944(P)28,206,000S8,904,000D9,769,0001945(P)31,502,000S10,156,000D9,966,8001946(P)12,118,000S3,724,000D2,151,0001947(P)4,094,000D3,900,600

Franklin half dollars

+Franklin half dollars, 1948-1963 (Silver)YearMintMintageComments1948(P)3,006,814D4,028,6001949(P)5,614,000S3,744,000D4,120,6001950(P)7,793,509D8,031,6001951(P)16,859,602S13,696,000D9,475,2001952(P)21,274,073S5,526,000D25,395,6001953(P)2,796,920S4,148,000D20,900,4001954(P)13,421,503S4,993,400D25,445,5801955(P)2,876,3811956(P)4,701,3841957(P)6,361,952D19,966,8501958(P)4,917,652D23,962,4121959(P)7,349,291D13,053,7501960(P)7,715,602D18,215,8121961(P)11,318,244Includes doubled-die reverse.D20,276,4421962(P)12,932,019D35,473,2811963(P)25,239,645D67,069,292

Kennedy half dollar mintages

United States half dollar mintage figures

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