[Skooz]

Beautiful coins.

I've always been fond of the Franklin half dollar, for some reason.

[Conservative til I die]

I like the Franklins for the same reason I like the early JFK's, I believe they all had at least some silver content. Interesting tidbit about the back of the Franklin is that the eagle is very poorly done. The reason was that originally, the engraver left it off because Franklin himself was not a fan of the eagle as the national bird (he thought the turkey would be better). However, it's federal law that all US coinage must feature an eagle. So it was put on rather hastily and thus, looks the way it does.