½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" 40% Silver

Features

Issuer	United States
Period	Federal republic (1776-date)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	1965-1970
Value	½ Dollar = 50 Cents (½ USD)
Currency	Dollar (1785-date)
Composition	Billon (.400 silver)
Weight	11.5 g
Diameter	30.61 mm
Thickness	2.15 mm
Shape	Round
Technique	Milled
Orientation	Coin alignment ↑↓
Number	N# 10865
References	KM# 202a Standard Catalog of World Coins (86 volumes). , Schön# 203a Battenberg Gietl Verlag (publisher). Weltmünzkatalog. Battenberg Gietl Verlag, Regenstauf, Bavaria, Germany (4 volumes). , PCGS# 6708-6713, 6804-6806, etc. PCGS CoinFacts (https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts)

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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

Mints

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

Comments

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

1966 SMS, Double Die Obverse

From 1965 to 1967, these coins were minted in Philadelphia and Denver without a mintmark.

The outer layer of the coins is a mixture of .800 silver, which is bonded to an inner core made from .209 silver, for a net composition of .400 silver.

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Date	Mintage	G	VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC		Frequency
Undetermined
1965	65 879 366	$ 3.70	$ 4.80	$ 4.80	$ 4.80	$ 5.20	$ 5.70	$ 6.80		29%
1965	2 360 000							$ 8.50	Special Mint Set	4%
1966	108 984 932	$ 4.30	$ 4.40	$ 4.60	$ 4.90	$ 5.40	$ 5.80	$ 6.20		34%
1966	2 261 583							$ 9.90	Special Mint Set	4%
1966									Special Mint Set, DDO	0.05%
1967	295 046 978	$ 4.60	$ 4.90	$ 4.90	$ 5.10	$ 5.30	$ 5.90	$ 6.30		56%
1967	1 863 344						$ 11	$ 11	Special Mint Set	4%
1968 D	246 951 930	$ 4.80	$ 4.80	$ 4.80	$ 5.50	$ 5.50	$ 5.80	$ 6.70		50%
1968 S	3 041 506					$ 6.10	$ 6.10	$ 8.70	Proof	6%
1969 D	129 881 800	$ 4.10	$ 4.10	$ 5.30	$ 5.30	$ 5.30	$ 5.80	$ 6.70		35%
1969 S	2 934 631							$ 7.90	Proof	6%
1970 D	2 150 000					$ 12	$ 12	$ 18	Mint Set only	5%
1970 S	2 632 810						$ 10	$ 11	Proof	6%

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Bullion value: USD 10.15 Search tips

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Actual billon weight: 0.148 oz

Current billon price: 0.00 USD/oz

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	Katz Auction 169 Lot 2516	20 Sep 2025	1968 D – PCGS# 6711	UNC	USD 18.52 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 158 Lot 2805	14 May 2025	1968 D – PCGS# 6711	UNC	USD 30.09 (EUR 26.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 112 Lot 2425	10 Feb 2024	1968 D – PCGS# 6711	UNC	USD 15.04 (EUR 13.00) (+ buyer's premium) The lot includes several items.
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	Katz Auction 88 Lot 2529	28 Jun 2023	1968 D – PCGS# 6711	UNC	USD 18.52 (EUR 16.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 3050	27 Feb 2026	1968 D – PCGS# 6711	AU	USD 8.10 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 148 Lot 2263	11 Jan 2025	1968 D – PCGS# 6711	AU	USD 6.94 (EUR 6.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 133 Lot 3499	24 Jul 2024	1968 D – PCGS# 6711	AU	USD 8.10 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 3051	27 Feb 2026	1969 D – PCGS# 6712	UNC	USD 11.57 (EUR 10.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 188 Lot 2695	27 Mar 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 17.36 (EUR 15.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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	Katz Auction 184 Lot 3048	27 Feb 2026	Undetermined	UNC	USD 8.10 (EUR 7.00) (+ buyer's premium)
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