½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" 40% Silver

Features

Issuer United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1965-1970
Value ½ Dollar = 50 Cents (½ USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Billon (.400 silver)
Weight 11.5 g
Diameter 30.61 mm
Thickness 2.15 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Number
N#
10865
References KM# 202a,
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# 203a
Gerhard Schön; 2022. Weltmünzkatalog / 20. Jahrhundert: 1901-2000 (47. Auflage). Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Germany.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Profile of John Fitzgerald Kennedy facing left

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
1965

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, holding an olive branch on its right talon and a bundle of thirteen arrows on its left, with the words "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in the scroll held in the bird's beak, with a circle of stars surrounding the eagle

Script: Latin

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

Translation:
OUT OF MANY, ONE
FG
HALF DOLLAR

Engraver: Frank Gasparro

Edge

Reeded

½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (40% Silver) -  obverse

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Mints

United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)
P United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
S United States Mint of San Francisco, United States (1854-date)

Comments

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


From 1965 to 1967, these coins were minted in Philadelphia and Denver without a mintmark.

The outer layer of the coins is a mixture of .800 silver, which is bonded to an inner core made from .209 silver, for a net composition of .400 silver.

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Date Mintage G VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
1965  65 879 366 $ 3.20 $ 3.80 $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 4.30 $ 4.80 $ 5.50 29%
1965  2 360 000 $ 7.60 3% Special Mint Set
1966  108 984 932 $ 1.30 $ 1.30 $ 3.90 $ 3.90 $ 4.00 $ 4.70 $ 5.50 34%
1966  2 261 583 $ 9.10 4% Special Mint Set
1967  295 046 978 $ 2.40 $ 3.00 $ 3.70 $ 3.80 $ 4.00 $ 4.20 $ 5.40 56%
1967  1 863 344 $ 8.40 $ 8.40 4% Special Mint Set
1968 D Photo 246 951 930 $ 1.50 $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 4.00 $ 5.50 50%
1968 S 3 041 506 $ 3.30 $ 3.90 $ 7.80 6% Proof
1969 D 129 881 800 $ 1.80 $ 3.90 $ 3.90 $ 3.90 $ 3.90 $ 4.70 $ 5.20 36%
1969 S 2 934 631 $ 2.20 $ 6.50 $ 6.90 6% Proof
1970 D 2 150 000 $ 4.60 $ 6.00 $ 14 5% Mint Set only
1970 S 2 632 810 $ 3.30 $ 8.00 $ 9.10 $ 9.10 6% Proof

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Version Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (40% Silver)
Katz
Auction 88
Lot 2529
Internet Archive
28 Jun 2023 1968 D UNC USD 17.39
(EUR 16.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (40% Silver)
Katz
Auction 77
Lot 1410
Internet Archive
11 Feb 2023 Undetermined UNC USD 11.96
(EUR 11.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
Picture 1 of a sold ½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (40% Silver)
Katz
Auction 77
Lot 1409
Internet Archive
11 Feb 2023 Undetermined VF USD 9.78
(EUR 9.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
The lot includes several items.
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