1948-1963 Mixed Date, Circulated Good or Better. Estate coins in tubes, unsearched. Stock photography. Ben Franklin Silver Half Dollar contains 90%silver and does a good job paying respect to one of the founders of our great country the United States of America. The coin was minted from 1948 to 1963, it's lifespan was cut short due to the assassination of JFK and the subsequent minting of the Kennedy Half Dollars. So these coins are fairly rare.