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1966 United States (US) Kennedy Half Dollar - Worth a lot more than 50 Cents

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Channel: DC Coin World · 2018 · Education

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1965-1970 Kennedy Half Dollar Coins are worth at least $2 
Look for them at your bank!
1966 and 1996 Kennedy Half Dollars
Country United States 
Type Common coin
Years 1965-1970
Value 1/2 Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Metal Silver (.400)
Weight 11.5 g
Diameter 30.61 mm
Thickness 2.15 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
References KM# 202a, Schön# 203a
Obverse
Profile of John Fitzgerald Kennedy facing left
if there is a mintmark, it is over the 9 and the 6, to the right of the lower end of the portrait
Lettering: 
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE TRUST
1966
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.
Lettering: 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
FG
HALF DOLLAR
Engraver: Frank Gasparro 
Edge
Reeded
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces10865.html

Country United States 
Type Common coin
Years 1977-2018
Value Half Dollar = 50 Cents (0.50 USD)
Metal Copper-nickel clad Copper
Weight 11.34 g
Diameter 30.61 mm
Thickness 2.15 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
References KM# A202b
Obverse
Portrait of John F. Kennedy to the left.
Lettering: 
LIBERTY
IN GOD WE TRUST
P
1996
Engraver: Gilroy Roberts 
Reverse
State emblem (eagle with shield), ring of stars
Lettering: 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
HALF DOLLAR
Engraver: Frank Gasparro 
Edge
Reeded
https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces6918.html

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