By 1980, the Kennedy half dollar didn't contain any silver, and the coins from the Philadelphia mint that year tend to be worth about 60 cents to $110, depending on condition.

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As of February 2025, the NGC Price Guide estimates that a 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar in circulated condition is valued between $13.50 and $14.25. However, these coins in uncirculated, pristine ...

Even with the sale price of, the coin isn’t the most expensive of its type. Another 1838-O half dollar coin sold for $763,750 in 2014. Most recently, one fetched $444,000 at a Florida auction ...

The 50-cent coins weigh 13.36 grams, and measure 30 millimeters in diameter. They contain 90% silver and 10% copper. The surfaces are highly reflective, featuring light golden-orange peripheries ...

According to the NGC Price Guide, as of April 2025, a 1971 Kennedy half dollar in circulated condition is valued at around $0.60 to $0.75, while, on the open market, these coins in uncirculated ...

Back when I was a kid in the 1940's and '50s, half-dollar coins were as common as belly buttons. Now you never see them or get them as change. Are they still minted and circulated? Good question.

1967 SMS Kennedy Half Dollar Another SMS (Special Mint Set) specimen of the Kennedy half dollar that can be super valuable is from 1967. Although the coin was only 40% silver at this point, it ...

A vintage 1838-O Capped Bust Half Dollar coin, originally worth 50 cents, has sold for $504,000 at an auction in Baltimore.