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1966 50c Doubled Die Obverse FS-101

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1966 50C Double Die Obverse, FS-101, MS67+ NGC. NGC Census: (19/0 and 0/0+). PCGS Population: (0/0 and 0/0+). MS67. Mintage 67 HA 384 08/08/2022
    1966 50C SMS Double Die Obverse, Doubled Profile FS-101, MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (6/0). PCGS Population: (0/0). MS67. Mintag 67 HA 109 04/27/2021
    1966 50C SMS Double Die Obverse, Doubled Profile MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (6/0). PCGS Population: (0/0). MS67. Mintage 108,984 67 HA 204 12/17/2019
    1966 50C Double Die Obverse, FS-101, MS63 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/13). NGC Census: (4/26). MS63. Mintage 108,984,928. 63 HA 79 04/02/2019
    1966 50C Double Die Obverse, FS-101, MS63 PCGS Secure. (FS-013.8). PCGS Population: (6/12 and 0/1+). NGC Census: (4/25 and 63 HA 94 10/16/2018
    1966 50C Double Die Obverse, FS-101, MS63 PCGS. PCGS Population: (6/12). NGC Census: (4/25). Mintage 108,984,928. 63 HA 69 10/02/2018
    1966 50C Double Die Obverse, FS-101, MS63 PCGS. (FS-013.8). PCGS Population: (6/12). NGC Census: (4/25). Mintage 108,984, 63 HA 84 01/07/2018
    1966 50C Doubled Die Obverse, FS-101, MS64+ PCGS. (FS-013.8). PCGS Population: (6/4 and 1/0+). NGC Census: (8/17 and 0/0+). 64 HA 94 09/27/2016
    1966 50C Double Die Obverse, FS-101, MS64 PCGS. (FS-013.8). PCGS Population: (5/4). NGC Census: (8/17). Mintage 108,984,92 64 HA 74 09/13/2016
    1966 50C Double Die Obverse, FS-101 MS63 PCGS. (FS-013.8). PCGS Population (5/7). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage: 108,984,928. 63 HA 129 11/03/2015
    1966 50C DDO, FS-101 MS64 PCGS. (FS-013.8). PCGS Population (4/3). NGC Census: (0/0). Mintage: 108,984,928. 64 HA 188 11/03/2015
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 146050
      Coin Date: 1966
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
      Variety: Doubled Die Obverse
      Variety 2: FS-101
      Desg: MS
      Composition: 40% silver; 60% copper
      Mintage: 108,984,932
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Kennedy half dollar
      Coinage Years: 1965-1970
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Diameter: 30.6
      Fineness: 0.4
      Weight (Grams): 11.5
      Weight (Ounces): 0.36169
      Designer: Gilroy Roberts & Frank Gasparro
      Edge: Reeded
      Obverse Description: Portrait of President John F. Kennedy surrounded by the word LIBERTY on the periphery. IN GOD WE TRUST appears left and right of the portrait with the date at the bottom. The mint mark, if any, appears under the right of Kennedy's neck.
      Reverse Description: The heraldic eagle holding arrows and branch of olive leaves with a full circle of stars around it. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * HALF DOLLAR surround the periphery.
      General Notes: Shortly following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, Congress expedited the approval of redesigning the half dollar to honor the nation's fallen president. The first Kennedy half dollar was released in early 1964, replacing the Franklin half dollar that debuted only 16 years earlier in 1948.<BR><BR>The Kennedy half dollar, with the obverse designed by Gilroy Roberts and the reverse by Frank Gasparro, was an immediate hit; millions of mourning Americans jumping on the opportunity to own a "souvenir" of Kennedy for only 50 cents. This led many into thinking the Kennedy half dollar is inherently more valuable or worthy of saving than other half dollars and soon helped lead to an effective removal of the half dollar from circulation. By the early 1980s, the denomination had become virtually non-existent in day-to-day transactions, even though the half dollar remained on the lineup of business-strike circulating coinage until 2002.<BR><BR>No single issue of the Kennedy half dollar is rare, though any business-strike pieces grading better than MS66 or MS67 is largely regarded as a conditional rarity. There are also scarce varieties such as the 1974 doubled die obverse, 1982 no FG, and 1998-S matte finish. Several issues were made in relatively small quantities for distribution only in mint sets, including the 1970-D, 1987 Philadelphia and Denver pieces, and all made since 2002.
      PCGS #: 146050
      NGC ID: 24U5
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