Editing Franklin half dollar (section)

=== Mintage figures ===

[[File:Numismatist June 1948.jpeg|thumb|The release of the Franklin half dollar was front-page news in the coin collecting world, as seen by the June 1948 ''[[The Numismatist]]''.]]

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ Mintage figures
|-
! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | [[Philadelphia Mint]]{{sfn|Breen|1988|pp=417–418}}
! scope="col" | [[Denver Mint]]{{sfn|Breen|1988|pp=417–418}}
! scope="col" | [[San Francisco Mint]]{{sfn|Breen|1988|pp=417–418}}
|-
! scope="row" | 1948
| 3,006,814
| 4,028,500
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1949
| 5,614,000
| 4,120,500
| 3,744,000
|-
! scope="row" | 1950
| 7,793,509 (51,386)
| 8,031,600
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1951
| 16,859,602 (57,500)
| 9,475,200
| 13,696,000
|-
! scope="row" | 1952
| 21,274,073 (81,980)
| 25,395,600
| 5,526,000
|-
! scope="row" | 1953
| 2,668,120 (128,800)
| 20,900,400
| 4,148,000
|-
! scope="row" | 1954
| 13,421,502 (233,300)
| 25,445,580
| 4,993,400
|-
! scope="row" | 1955
| 2,498,181 (378,200)
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1956
| 4,701,384 (669,384)
|
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1957
| 6,361,952 (1,247,952)
| 19,966,850
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1958
| 4,917,652 (875,652)
| 23,962,412
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1959
| 7,349,291 (1,149,291)
| 13,053,750
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1960
| 7,715,602 (1,691,602)
| 18,215,812
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1961
| 11,318,244 (3,028,244)
| 20,276,442
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1962
| 12,932,019 (3,218,019)
| 35,473,281
|
|-
! scope="row" | 1963
| 25,239,645 (3,075,645)
| 67,069,292
|
|}

'''Note:''' Numbers in parentheses represent coins which were distributed in proof sets, which are also included in the totals.