At current silver prices, a '61 Franklin half is worth just under $10.
If you were born in 1961 as of 2011 you would be 50.
49 years old. You simply subtract 1961 from 2010.
If I was born in the year 1961 , then today I would be a total of fourtyeight years old
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Since it is (as I type) July 2011, you would reach your 50th birthday this month if you had been born in July 1961.
Current retail value is $8.00
Turn the coin over and look at the denomination on the back. It's a half dollar.
No US dollar coins are dated 1961. Look at the coin again and post new question.
Please check again and post a new, separate question. The last silver certificates were printed with the date 1957. No US bills are dated 1961.
As of 02/2009, about $6 for its silver content.The coin is very common, most are only valued for the silver, about $12.00
Please post a new question. There were no U.S. bills of any denomination printed with that date.
$5.50
A U.S. fifty cent piece dated 1961 is a Franklin half dollar. The coin is not rare, if it shows any wear the value is about $12.00 just for the silver.
Please check again. The last $5 silver certificates were printed in 1953. NO bills were printed with the date 1961.
A business strike has a value from $6 to $17,500. A proof strike has a value from $16 to $35,000. All values depend upon condition, mint mark and variety of the coin.
4-13-11>> So many were made that most are valued for the silver, about $13.00
The 1961 Washington quarter is so common if it has any wear at all the value is just for the silver about $3.00.