Issuer |
United States
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Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
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Type | Circulating commemorative coin |
Year | 1976 |
Value | ½ Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD) |
Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
Composition | Copper-nickel clad copper |
Weight | 11.34 g |
Diameter | 30.61 mm |
Thickness | 2.15 mm |
Shape | Round |
Technique | Milled |
Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
Number | N# 1489 |
References |
KM# 205, ![]() And 5 more volumes. ![]() And 2 more volumes. |
Bicentenary of the United States Declaration of Independence 1776-1976
John Fitzgerald Kennedy facing left
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
D
1776 - 1976
Independence Hall
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
200 YEARS OF FREEDOM
E PLURIBUS UNUM
SGH
INDEPENDENCE HALL
HALF DOLLAR
Translation: Out of many one
Engraver: Seth Huntington
Reeded (150 reeds)
© Harryg (CC BY)
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) |
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.
1976D dots
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Date | Mintage | G | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | Frequency | ||||
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1976 | 234 308 000 | $ 0.50 | $ 0.51 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.50 | $ 1.80 | $ 1.80 | 64% | ||||
1976 D | 287 565 248 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.54 | $ 0.86 | $ 1.10 | $ 1.40 | $ 1.70 | 58% | Two sizes of dots; see comments | |||
1976 S | 7 059 099 | $ 1.40 | $ 2.20 | $ 4.00 | 11% | Proof |
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