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1797 Half Dollar

We may never know just how rare the 1797 is, simply because it is a confusing date from a confused time. That confusion makes the 1797 all the more interesting. It is a potentially scarce date with an interesting story.

We do not frankly have a mintage for the 1797 half dollar. Its mintage total was combined with the 1796. The two would be the only half dollars to have a Draped

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