½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" 90% Silver

½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver) - obverse½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver) - reverse

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Features

Issuer United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 1964
Value ½ Dollar = 50 Cents (½ USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Silver (.900)
Weight 12.5 g
Diameter 30.61 mm
Thickness 2.15 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
943
References KM# 202,
Tracy L. Schmidt (editor); 2019. Standard Catalog of World Coins / 2001-Date (14th edition). Krause Publications, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, United States.
And 5 more volumes.
Schön# 203
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Portrait of John F. Kennedy to the left, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
1964

Engraver: Gilroy Roberts

Reverse

Modified presidential seal of the United States of America: A shield (with vertical stripes) on the chest of an American eagle. The eagle holds an olive branch on its right talon and a bundle of thirteen arrows on its left, and in its beak a scroll with "E PLURIBUS UNUM". A circle of stars surrounds the eagle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
FG
HALF DOLLAR

Translation:
United States of America
Out of Many, One
FG
Half Dollar

Engraver: Frank Gasparro

Edge

Reeded

½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver) -  obverse

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Mints

United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)

Comments

If there is a mintmark, it is to the left of the stalk of the olive branch in the eagle's right claw.

Gilroy Roberts monogram, which some confuse for a hammer and sickle, appears on the truncation.


1964 hair varieties

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1964  277 254 766 $ 4.30 $ 6.60 $ 6.60 $ 6.80 $ 8.40 $ 9.70 $ 11 83%
1964  $ 19 $ 73 4% Accented Hair variety; Proof; see comments
1964  3 950 762 $ 19 6% Proof
1964 D 156 205 446 $ 4.30 $ 7.80 $ 7.80 $ 7.80 $ 8.60 $ 9.50 $ 11 32%

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver)
Katz
Auction 101
Lot 2818
Internet Archive
18 Nov 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 7.55
(EUR 7.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver)
Katz
Auction 88
Lot 2528
Internet Archive
28 Jun 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 12.94
(EUR 12.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver)
Katz
Auction 84
Lot 1404
Internet Archive
27 May 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 8.63
(EUR 8.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver)
Katz
Auction 77
Lot 1408
Internet Archive
11 Feb 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 7.55
(EUR 7.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (90% Silver)
Katz
Auction 72
Lot 3062
Internet Archive
21 Dec 2022 Undetermined AU USD 19.41
(EUR 18.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
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