In very fine condition, this coin can be worth a lot. In 2022, one sold for $1,005,000. The 1796 half-cent is considered one of the very rarest of all years, and it's something many collectors covet.

However, some of the most valuable 50-cent pieces sell to coin collectors ... In 2015, an MS66-graded coin sold for $1,527,500. The 1796 draped bust half dollar earned its sixteenth star when ...