Coin and Paper Money Collecting/2 headed 50 cent piece

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Hello,
My grandfather past recently, and he has been saving coins for over 60years. I came across this Liberty .50cent piece. It has on the front 2 heads/faces, and on the back the dates 1776 and 1926 on each side of the Liberty bell.

Can you help me with this one? Any value?

Thanks,
Ron

Answer
Hi Ron,

You have a 1926 Sesquicentennial Half Dollar.  These were minted to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the United States.

There were 141,120 of them minted.

There's a picture of one here :

http://www.coinfacts.com/commemoratives/half_dollar_commems/sesqui_half_dollar.h...

More info about it can be found here :

http://www.coinsite.com/content/commemoratives/sesquihalf.asp

In lightly circulated condition, it's worth about $60.00

I hope this helps,

Dan

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