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1965 50c

Apr Data

166 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    (1965-70) 50C 40% Silver -- Type Two Planchet -- MS62 PCGS. 11.40g. PCGS Population: (0/0 and 0/0+). Mintage 23,464. 62 HA 74 03/31/2025
    1965 50C MS66 PCGS. Mintage 65,879,366. 66 HA 84 03/18/2025
    1965 50C MS66 PCGS. Mintage 65,879,366. 66 HA 69 02/25/2025
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck Through String -- MS62 PCGS. PCGS Population: (84/2156 and 0/59+). NGC Census: (51/3 62 HA 528 12/23/2024
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on 25C Planchet -- MS63 PCGS. Mintage 65,879,366. 63 HA 588 12/23/2024
    No Date 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Clad Dime Planchet -- MS63 PCGS. PCGS Population: (0/0). 63 HA 2,040 12/23/2024
    (1965-70) 50C -- 40% Silver Type-Two Planchet -- MS60 PCGS. 60 HA 84 12/23/2024
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on 25 Planchet 5.7 Grams -- MS65 NGC. 65 HA 660 09/16/2024
    1965 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (38/2). Mintage 65,879,366. 67 HA 630 07/02/2024
    (1965-1970) 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 75% Off-Center, 40% Silver -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 1,260 06/17/2024
    No-Date 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck On A 5C Blank -- MS65 NGC. (5 g) 65 HA 2,100 06/17/2024
    No-Date 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck On 10 Planchet -- MS62 NGC. (2.3 g) 62 HA 1,980 06/17/2024
    1965 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (40/0 and 5/0+). NGC Census: (37/2 and 7/0+). CDN: $1,500 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67 67 HA 2,880 05/13/2024
    1965 50C AU58 PCGS. PCGS Population: (98/2159). NGC Census: (26/2967). CDN: $3.55.Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS AU58. Mintage 65, 58 HA 228 04/15/2024
    1965 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-64 (NGC). 64 Stacks Bowers 48 03/13/2024
    1965 50C MS66 NGC. NGC insert with Facsimile Signature, John Kennedy. NGC Census: (299/39). PCGS Population: (285/40). CDN: 66 HA 109 02/20/2024
    Undated Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Clad Dime Planchet -- PR64 PCGS. 64 HA 2,220 01/12/2024
    1965 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (285/40). NGC Census: (294/37). CDN: $90 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS66. Mintage 65,879, 66 HA 99 01/09/2024
    No Date 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Clad Planchet -- NGC. (11.3 g) 0 HA 71 06/12/2023
    No Date 50C 40% Silver Clad Kennedy Half Dollar -- Blank Planchet -- NGC. (11.6 grams). 0 HA 95 06/12/2023
    No Date 50C 40% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar -- Blank Planchet -- NGC. (11.4 grams). 0 HA 115 06/12/2023
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Clamshell Lamination -- AU58 NGC. 58 HA 55 03/20/2023
    50C 1965 PCGS MS65 65 Legend 35 02/12/2023
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 60% Off Center with Chain Strike Edge -- MS62 NGC. 62 HA 408 01/23/2023
    1965 Kennedy Half Dollar. SMS. MS-68 Cameo (NGC). 68 Stacks Bowers 552 12/13/2022
    1965 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (39/0 and 3/0+). NGC Census: (30/2 and 7/0+). CDN: $1,800 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67 67 HA 2,100 08/28/2022
    Undated Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 65% Off Center -- MS66 PCGS. Ex: Fred Weinberg Collection.From The Fred Weinberg 66 HA 432 07/17/2022
    1965 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (39/0 and 3/0+). NGC Census: (29/2 and 7/0+). CDN: $1,800 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67 67 HA 1,320 07/17/2022
    Undated Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 50% Off Center -- MS65 PCGS. Ex: Fred Weinberg Collection.From The Fred Weinberg 65 HA 384 07/17/2022
    1965 50C Kennedy Half -- Struck on a Clad Quarter Planchet -- MS65 PCGS. Ex: Fred Weinberg Collection.From The Fred W 65 HA 900 07/17/2022
    1965 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (29/2). PCGS Population: (39/0). CDN: $1,800 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintage 65,879,36 67 HA 840 07/12/2022
    (1965-70) 50C Type Two, 40% Silver, Kennedy Half Dollar -- Blank Planchet -- MS61 PCGS.From the Fred Weinberg Collect 61 HA 180 07/05/2022
    196? 50C Kennedy Half Dollar, 40% Silver -- Die Set-Up Piece -- AU58 PCGS. 177 grains.From The Fred Weinberg Collecti 58 HA 336 05/08/2022
    (1965-1970) 50C 40% Silver Half Dollar Type One Blank, 66% Straight End Scrap -- MS61 PCGS.From The Fred Weinberg Col 61 HA 384 05/08/2022
    (1965-1970) 50C 40% Silver Half Dollar Type I Blank MS61 PCGS.From The Fred Weinberg Collection. 61 HA 192 05/08/2022
    1965 50C MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 1,920 05/04/2022
    1965 50C MS64 NGC. NGC Census: (860/1807). PCGS Population: (652/1150). CDN: $7 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS64. Mintage 65,87 64 HA 85 04/25/2022
    1965 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67+ (PCGS). 67 Stacks Bowers 9,000 04/05/2022
    1965 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (270/38). NGC Census: (262/30). CDN: $90 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS66. Mintage 65,879, 66 HA 134 02/01/2022
    1965 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (268/38 and 32/3+). NGC Census: (261/28 and 4/5+). CDN: $90 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS 66 HA 99 11/02/2021
    1965 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (38/0 and 3/0+). NGC Census: (26/2 and 5/0+). CDN: $1,800 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67 67 HA 1,320 11/02/2021
    1965 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67+ (PCGS). 67 Stacks Bowers 9,000 08/17/2021
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Missing Obverse Silver Outer Layer -- MS64 PCGS. (9.3 grams). 64 HA 144 07/15/2021
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Double Struck, Second Broadstruck with 95% Obverse Indent -- MS65 NGC. A visually impressiv 65 HA 1,920 07/15/2021
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Obverse Struck Thru -- MS67 NGC. 67 HA 372 07/15/2021
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Obverse Struck Thru -- MS67 NGC. 67 HA 1,080 07/15/2021
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- 5% Curved Clip @ 2:00 -- MS62 NGC. 62 HA 45 07/15/2021
    (1965-70) 50C 40% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 75% Off Center -- MS62 NGC. 62 HA 432 07/15/2021
    1965 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Obverse Clamshell Lamination -- MS64 NGC. 64 HA 144 07/15/2021
    (1965-70) 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- 20% Straight Clip -- MS64 NGC. 64 HA 84 07/15/2021
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 6708
      Coin Date: 1965
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
      Desg: MS
      Composition: 40% silver; 60% copper
      Mintage: 65,879,366
      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 #: 6708
      NGC ID: 24U4
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