Pre-1965 Dollars, Half Dollars, Quarters and Dimes Pre-1959 Cents Pre-1939 Nickels Coins with errors or mis-strikes Large-sized currency (older US bills used to be 30% larger than the bills we ...

Cost of the half-dollar The half-dollar coin costs nearly 34 cents ($0.3397) to make and distribute. That represents nearly two-thirds of the 50 cent piece's buying power.