½ Dollar "Kennedy Half Dollar" (40% Silver) , United States

1965-1970

Obverse

Reverse

Coin Details

Obverse

Description:

Profile of John Fitzgerald Kennedy facing left

Script:

Latin

Lettering:

LIBERTY GR IN GOD WE TRUST 1965

Engravers:

Gilroy Roberts

Reverse

Description:

Modified presidential seal of the United States of America (A shield (with vertical stripes) on the chest of an American eagle, holding an olive branch on its right talon and a bundle of thirteen arrows on its left, with the words "E PLURIBUS UNUM" in the scroll held in the bird's beak, with a circle of stars surrounding the eagle

Script:

Latin

Lettering:

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM FG HALF DOLLAR

Translation:

OUT OF MANY, ONE FG HALF DOLLAR

Engravers:

Frank Gasparro

Specifications

Weight11.5g
Diameter30.61mm
Thickness2.15mm
CompositionBillon (.400 silver)
Orientationcoin
ShapeRound
TechniqueMilled
Value½ Dollar

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