FOR QUITE a number of years, the fifty-cent piece was the largest circulating coin minted in the United States. In the twentieth century, and now in the twenty-first, there have also been plenty of years with silver dollars, or more recently with dollar coins devoid of any silver. But whether we are looking at a year in which the half dollar was top of the heap, or a dollar coin was, there is a long, hefty streak of years in which there were proof half dollars coined. Taking a look back at all these top-of-the-line halves might reveal for us some that qualify as wonderfully undervalued. Let’s see what we can find.
Kennedy Halves
The Kennedy half dollar is closing in on sixty years as a circulating coin, although most of us would be hard put to find one floating around in
