Kennedy Half Dollars

Some coin varieties announce themselves loudly. Others whisper. The No FG Kennedy half dollar belongs to the second group, and that quiet disappearance is...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1976-S Bicentennial Kennedy Half Dollar Clad Proof is one of five 1976 Bicentennial Half Dollars the United States Mint struck...

By CoinWeek... The Kennedy Bicentennial Half Dollar is a quintessential American modern coin, and the offering of one of the finest known examples is a...

  By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... According to the 1988 Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, no Kennedy Half...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .... While the United States Mint facility in Denver struck 32,472,244 1983-D Kennedy Half Dollars, it was still uncommon to encounter a...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... With the nation in mourning, Congress passed legislation mandating that the United States Mint change the design of the half dollar...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Kennedy Half Dollar is the longest-serving half dollar design in United States history Debut issue released months after national...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The silver Kennedy Half Dollar was first issued in 1964 as a memorial to President...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The Coinage Act of 1965 removed silver entirely from dimes and quarters and modified the half dollar so that some silver...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Before issuing its 1964 Proof Sets, the United States Mint had produced Proof coins for collector purchase from 1950 onward. In...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   By the early 1960s, worldwide silver consumption had reached levels too high for the United...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   After three years of Special Mint Sets and the transition from silver coinage to clad,...

The United States Mint will open sales for rolls and bags of 2025 Kennedy Half Dollar coins beginning on May 6 at noon EDT....

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   The Kennedy Half Dollar saw intermittent production for circulation in the 2020s, which is somewhat surprising considering the clunky clad denomination...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The 1970-D Kennedy Half Dollar was the last of the regular-strike silver-clad half dollars. Its release surprised collectors, as it was...