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Collecting Kennedy Half Dollars

For many beginners in the coin collecting realm, the Kennedy Half Dollars are the ideal starting point for their new hobby.  For many others, the Kennedy fifty cent piece is not only a collectible for value, but also for sentimental collection.  Whatever your reason for collectig Kennedy half dollars, we here at Coin Blogger know that you have a good one, so we’re going to show you the basics of how collecting this popular coin is done.

In 1964, following President Kennedy’s assassination, the Franklin half dollar was replaced by Kennedy half dollars, designed by Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro.  That first year, the Kennedy silver half dollar was struck as 90% total silver.  In 1965, that changed to silver-clad.

This obviously makes the Kennedy silver half dollar one of the most valuable and sought-after collectibles in this coin type.  Another is the infamous 1976 bicentennial with the eagle on the back of the coin being replaced by Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.  This included the highly-desired 40% silver proof coin fo that year.

In 1992, the U.S. Mint produced silver proof Kennedy silver half dollar sets in the original 90% silver composition.  These also became very collectible, though not as valuable as the 1964 silvers.  For the beginner, however, these are the easiest to find and will retain their value largely because of that heavy silver content.  These silver proofs see limited production even now.

By far the most common and most-collected of the Kennedy half dollars are the circulated non-silver versions produced as circulation coins in the 1971 to present versions.  These are nickel-clad and have no silver content.  Most collectors of these coins will attempt to build a collection of 1971 to present in series and in the best condition possible.

Silver clad coins from 1965-1970 mintings are also common collectibles, as are the silver-clad proofs of 1975-76.  These have a modicum of silver, mostly in the outer cladding, but are not called Kennedy silver half dollars by most collectors as that refers to the full-silver coins of 1964 and and newer proof sets.

Kennedy half dollars are remarkably popular, easily available, and very commonly collected in the United States and even abroad.  Most coin collectors that are new to the hobby, or for sentimental reasons, will have a Kennedy fifty cent piece collection.

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