½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar"
| Issuer |
United States
 |
| Period |
Federal republic (1776-date)
|
| Type |
Standard circulation coin |
| Years |
1971-2024 |
| Value |
½ Dollar = 50 Cents
(½ USD)
|
| Currency |
Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition |
Copper-nickel clad copper (91.67% Copper, 8.33% Nickel) |
| Weight |
11.34 g |
| Diameter |
30.61 mm |
| Thickness |
2.15 mm |
| Shape |
Round |
| Technique |
Milled |
|
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|
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Portrait of John F. Kennedy to the left and the date below
Script:
Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
D
2023
Engraver:
Gilroy Roberts
Reverse
Modified presidential seal of the United States of America, a
shield with vertical stripes on the chest of an American bald eagle.
The eagle holds an olive branch in its right talon and a bundle of
thirteen arrows in its left talon and a scroll with "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in
its beak. A circle of 50 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
Mints
Comments
The reverse design of 1974 was resumed in 1977.
Coins minted in 1971 through 1974 are KM# 202b
Coins minted in 1977 through 2014 are KM# A202b
Coins minted from 2014 to date are KM# A202b.1
Gilroy Roberts monogram, which some confuse for a hammer and sickle, appears on the truncation.
Type II Proofs have clearer mint marks than Type I Proofs.
1979S Types
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