Manhattan Coin Club

Answers to How Well Do You Know The Kennedy Half Dollar?

1 John Fitzgerald Kennedy - you better know this one!

2 1965 - 1970 - again not too hard!

3 Gilroy Roberts

4 No, it was issued as part of a Special Mint Set

5 1970

6 they are not issued for circulation. They are only available only through direct purchase from the Mint

7 no half dollars are dated 1975- while halves were made they used a dual date of"1776-1776". This continued into 1976.

8 as a memorial to the assassinated President

9 existing works by Mint sculptors Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro were used. This allowed coinage dies to be prepared quickly. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 and the new coins were struck the following January.

10 there are three types of Kennedy halves each have a different value: 90% silver types are worth about seven dollars, the 40% (.14792) silver versions are about three dollars and the third type have no silver, they are worth fifty cents.