According to the guidelines of  the American Numismatic Association (ANA)  grading scale,  I feel this coin would grade an F-12.     Listed criteria for an F-12 is:

 "Hair details show only at back and side of head.  Designer's initials weak but clearly visible.  Part of cheek is worn flat.  On REVERSE, most of lines at bottom of bell are worn smooth. Parts of straps on beam are nearly smooth.  Rim is full."

CONDITION OF THESE COINS:   I feel the coin is a solid F-12 based on the above criteria.  It may be a little weak in the hair details, but stronger on some of the other items. Rim is complete, straps on bell still show.

I've tried to get the best pictures I could.  Take a look at the pictures and use that to rate the coin yourself.

HISTORY OF THE FRANKLIN HALF DOLLAR

In 1948, an important change took place in U.S. coinage as well, when the Franklin half dollar made its debut. Its introduction completed the conversion of U.S. coin designs from allegorical figures to portraits of famous Americans. It also rang down the curtain on an era that many regard as the golden age of U.S. coinage art. The Walking Liberty half dollar, last struck in 1947, was the final precious-metal coin remaining in production from the early 20th-century period that spawned the "Mercury" dime, Standing Liberty quarter and Saint-Gaudens double eagle.

Mint Director Nellie Tayloe Ross had contemplated a coin honoring Benjamin Franklin ever since seeing a U.S. Mint medal prepared in Franklin's honor in 1933 by John R. Sinnock, the Mint's chief sculptor-engraver. Evidence suggests that Ross might have made the change in the early 1940s, when the half dollar's design, used for the statutory minimum of 25 years, became eligible for replacement. Although escalating production demands occasioned by World War II postponed Ross' plans, she showed her enthusiasm for the project by directing Sinnock to design a Franklin coin on a contingency basis. It would be hard to fault Director Ross for her choice of Ben Franklin as a U.S. coinage subject. Of all the Founding Fathers, Franklin very likely enjoyed the greatest stature among his contemporaries, not only in this country but also abroad. He was justly renowned as a printer, publisher, author, inventor, scientist and diplomat, and he played a pivotal role in helping the colonies gain their independence by securing vital aid from France.

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