½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" 90% Silver

Features

Issuer	United States
Ruling authority	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	1964
Value	½ Dollar = 50 Cents (½ USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Silver (.900)
Weight	12.5 g
Diameter	30.61 mm
Thickness	2.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 943
References	KM# 202 Standard Catalog of World Coins (85 volumes). , Schön# 203 Battenberg (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (3 volumes).

Obverse

Portrait of John F. Kennedy to the left, date below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
1964

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. The eagle holds an olive branch on its right talon and a bundle of thirteen arrows on its left, and in its beak a scroll with "E PLURIBUS UNUM". A circle of 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

	United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date)
D	United States Mint of Denver, United States (1906-date)

Comments

If there is a mintmark, it is to the left of the stalk of the olive branch in the eagle's right claw.

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

1964 hair varieties

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1964	277 254 766	$ 7.90	$ 12	$ 12	$ 12	$ 13	$ 14	$ 16		82%
1964					$ 27			$ 77	Accented Hair variety; Proof; see comments	4%
1964	3 950 762						$ 11	$ 25	Proof	6%
1964 D	156 205 446	$ 9.80	$ 11	$ 11	$ 12	$ 13	$ 13	$ 18		32%

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Past sales

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	Katz Auction 146 Lot 3573	14 Dec 2024	Undetermined	UNC	USD 10.21 (EUR 9.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 101 Lot 2818	18 Nov 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 7.94 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 88 Lot 2528	28 Jun 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 13.62 (EUR 12.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 84 Lot 1404	27 May 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 9.08 (EUR 8.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 77 Lot 1408	11 Feb 2023	Undetermined	UNC	USD 7.94 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 133 Lot 3779	24 Jul 2024	Undetermined	AU	USD 41.99 (EUR 37.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 133 Lot 3497	24 Jul 2024	Undetermined	AU	USD 26.10 (EUR 23.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 126 Lot 2318	18 May 2024	Undetermined	AU	USD 39.72 (EUR 35.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 119 Lot 2519	30 Mar 2024	Undetermined	AU	USD 14.75 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 72 Lot 3062	21 Dec 2022	Undetermined	AU	USD 20.43 (EUR 18.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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