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The Kennedy half dollar, first minted in 1964, is a fifty-cent coin issued by the United States Mint.Intended as a memorial to the assassinated 35th president of the United States John F. Kennedy, it was authorized by Congress just over a month after his death.
A black-crowned night heron flying over Cow Cove beach, with the North Lighthouse in the background Circulation: 159,600,000 P 159,600,000 D Uncirculated:---- S Proof:---- S (clad)---- S (silver) 200,000 S (reverse cameo silver) 50¢ San Francisco Mint 50th anniversary reverse proof silver half dollar : John F. Kennedy Eagle surrounded by 50 stars
Eleven presidents on one coin 1987, 4 coin proof set, commemorating the Bicentenary of America's Constitution features the Statue of Liberty surrounded by these U.S. presidents in clockwise order; Thomas Jefferson , James Madison , George Washington , James Monroe , Abraham Lincoln , Ulysses S. Grant , Theodore Roosevelt , Franklin D. Roosevelt ...
The Mint began making these half-dollars in 1964 to honor assassinated President John F. Kennedy. Check Out: 8 Rare Coins Worth Millions That Are Highly Coveted by Coin Collectors 1925-S Lincoln Penny
The composition of the Presidential Dollar coins is identical to that of the Sacagawea Golden Dollar and Native American $1 coins. The Presidential Dollar series includes all presidents except ...
John F. Kennedy Beach Drive, a street in North Wildwood; ... Since 1964, Kennedy's portrait has appeared on the half-dollar coin, replacing Benjamin Franklin.
The weekend before he was assassinated in November 1963, President John F. Kennedy was where he always loved to be: In Palm Beach.
Regardless of when struck, each coin bears the double date 1776–1976 on the normal obverses for the Washington quarter, Kennedy half dollar and Eisenhower dollar. No coins dated 1975 of any of the three denominations were minted. Given past abuses in the system, the Mint advocated against the issuance of commemorative coins starting in the 1950s.