Features

IssuerUnited States 
PeriodFederal republic (1776-date)
TypeStandard circulation coin
Years1965-1970
Value½ Dollar = 50 Cents
½ USD = EUR 0.45
CurrencyDollar (1785-date)
CompositionBillon (.400 silver)
Weight11.5 g
Diameter30.61 mm
Thickness2.15 mm
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
NumberN# 10865 
ReferencesKM# 202a, Schön# 203a

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