½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" Bicentennial

Features

Country	United States
Type	Circulating commemorative coin
Year	1976
Value	1/2 Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Copper-nickel plated copper
Weight	11.34 g
Diameter	30.61 mm
Thickness	2.15 mm
Shape	Round
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
References	KM# 205, Standard Catalog of World Coins by George S. Cuhaj (Krause Publications) Schön# 206 Weltmünzkatalog by Gerhard Schön, Günter Schön (Battenberg Gietl Verlag)

Commemorative issue

Bicentenary of the United States Declaration of Independence 1776-1976

Obverse

John Fitzgerald Kennedy facing left

Lettering:
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
D
1776 - 1976

Engraver: Gilroy Roberts

Reverse

Independence Hall

Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
200 E
YEARS OF PLURIBUS
FREEDOM UNUM
SGH
INDEPENDENCE HALL
HALF DOLLAR

Translation:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
200 OUT
YEARS OF OF MANY
FREEDOM ONE
SGH
INDEPENDENCE HALL
HALF DOLLAR

Engraver: Seth Huntington

Edge

Reeded (150 reeds)

Mints

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

Comments

The American Revolution began in 1776, and this coin commemorates the 200th anniversary of the U.S.' independence in 1976 (also known as the American Bicentennial), a widely celebrated event. All quarter dollars, half dollars, and dollars were struck with a special obverse for during 1975 and 1976, and were the first of America's "modern" circulating commemoratives, and are currently also the only circulating commemoratives to not to be part of a long multi-year series, then followed by the state quarters.

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Year	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC	Frequency
1976	234,308,000	0.52	0.54	1.12	1.12	1.87	1.98	1.98	64%
1976 D	287,565,248		0.58	0.58	0.87	1.05	1.05	1.81	57%
1976 S	7,059,099					2.60		4.22	10%	Proof

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