After government-sponsored competitions to redesign the American dime and half dollar were concluded ... the same image to ...

The design for the front of the American silver Eagle is based on the Walking Liberty half dollar, one of the loveliest coins ever minted. It shows Lady Liberty walking gracefully toward a rising sun.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, 1.74 million metric tons of silver have been mined to ... the finest known example of the Small Eagle half dollar, a 1797 Draped Bust half dollar, set ...