The 50-cent coin, or half dollar, has a lineage going back to 1794, when it was originally introduced. For more than 150 years, the design featured lady Liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the ...

Hudson said the coins — a Liberty dollar coin from 1800, a 50-cent coin from 1828, a 25-cent coin from 1818, a 10-cent coin from 1827, a 5-cent coin from 1795, and a 1-cent coin from 1827 ...