Kennedy half dollar

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The Kennedy half dollar is a U.S. fifty-cent coin first issued in 1964 to honor President John F. Kennedy, featuring his portrait on the obverse and widely collected despite limited circulation use in recent decades.

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Kennedy half dollar canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States coin ⓘ
circulating commemorative coin ⓘ
category half dollar coins of the United States ⓘ
circulationUse limited in everyday commerce since late 20th century ⓘ
collectibility widely collected by date and mint mark ⓘ
composition 40% silver, 60% copper (1965–1970 regular issues) ⓘ
90% silver (various later collector issues) ⓘ
90% silver, 10% copper (1964) ⓘ
copper–nickel clad (post-1970 circulation strikes) ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
currency United States dollar ⓘ
linked to: US dollar
denomination 50 cents ⓘ
diameter 30.6 mm ⓘ
edge reeded ⓘ
faceOnCoin 35th President of the United States ⓘ
firstYearOfIssue 1964 ⓘ
honoree John F. Kennedy ⓘ
inscription E PLURIBUS UNUM ⓘ
HALF DOLLAR ⓘ
IN GOD WE TRUST ⓘ
LIBERTY ⓘ
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ⓘ
introduced 1964 ⓘ
mass 11.34 g (copper–nickel clad issue) ⓘ
11.50 g (1965–1970 clad silver issue) ⓘ
12.50 g (1964 silver issue) ⓘ
metalChange silver to clad composition after 1970 for circulation issues ⓘ
mintingAuthority United States Mint ⓘ
mintMarks D ⓘ
P ⓘ
S ⓘ
W (on some special issues) ⓘ
notableVariety 1964 Accented Hair proof variety ⓘ
1970-D key-date circulation issue (mint set only) ⓘ
notableYear 1964 high-mintage first year ⓘ
obverseDesign portrait of John F. Kennedy ⓘ
obverseDesigner Gilroy Roberts ⓘ
obverseOrientation left-facing portrait ⓘ
precededBy Franklin half dollar ⓘ
primaryUse collector coin ⓘ
reasonForCreation to honor President John F. Kennedy after his assassination ⓘ
reverseDesign Presidential Seal ⓘ
reverseDesigner Frank Gasparro ⓘ
reverseMotif heraldic eagle with shield ⓘ
olive branch and arrows ⓘ
ring of stars ⓘ
status legal tender in the United States ⓘ
thickness 2.15 mm ⓘ
value 0.50 US dollars ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States half dollar coins → series → Kennedy half dollar ⓘ
Franklin half dollar → replacedBy → Kennedy half dollar ⓘ
Franklin half dollar → succeededByDesign → Kennedy half dollar ⓘ