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1971 50c

Apr Data

51 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    Undated 50C Clad Half Dollar -- Type 2 Planchet, 6% Overweight -- MS61 PCGS. 61 HA 30 09/29/2025
    Undated 50C Clad Half Dollar -- Type 2 Blank Planchet -- AU58 PCGS. 58 HA 30 09/29/2025
    Undated 50C Clad Half Dollar -- Type 2 Blank Planchet -- AU55 PCGS. 55 HA 30 09/29/2025
    No Date 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Reverse Outer Clad Layer -- MS65 NGC. (1.8 g) 65 HA 408 06/12/2023
    No Date 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 55% Off Center -- MS64 NGC. 64 HA 312 06/12/2023
    No Date 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Blank Clad Planchet -- NGC. (11.3 grams). 0 HA 57 06/12/2023
    1971 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS). 67 Stacks Bowers 1,200 04/12/2023
    1971 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 70% Off-Center -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 312 03/20/2023
    No Date 50C Type Three, Copper-Nickel Clad, Kennedy Half Dollar -- Blank Planchet -- NGC. (11.25 grams). 0 HA 85 01/02/2023
    197X-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Double Curved Clips -- MS63 NGC. 63 HA 84 07/15/2021
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 23 07/12/2021
    Undated 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Struck Nickel With Obverse Brockage -- MS66 NGC. 66 HA 6,300 04/24/2020
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 15 02/24/2020
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 20 02/10/2020
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 35 11/18/2019
    1971 50c PCGS MS64 64 David Lawrence Rare Coins 7 10/28/2019
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 42 05/27/2019
    1971 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 70 04/08/2019
    1971 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 70 03/18/2019
    1971 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (7/0). PCGS Population: (7/0). Mintage 155,164,000. 67 HA 1,560 11/11/2018
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (102/6). NGC Census: (49/5). Mintage 155,164,000. 66 HA 61 09/27/2016
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (102/6). NGC Census: (44/5). Mintage 155,164,000. 66 HA 43 09/13/2016
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. Ex: Vennekotter Collection. PCGS Population (99/6). NGC Census: (39/5). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedi 66 HA 89 11/03/2015
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS Secure. QA. PCGS Population (98/6). NGC Census: (39/5). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price 66 HA 176 08/04/2015
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (97/6). NGC Census: (36/5). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fre 66 HA 170 05/20/2014
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (95/6). NGC Census: (24/5). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fre 66 HA 235 10/09/2012
    Undated 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Blank Type 2 Planchet, 40% Silver Clad -- NGC. 11.4 Grams. 0 HA 141 08/05/2012
    Undated 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Blank Type 2 Silver Planchet -- NGC. 11.1 Grams. 0 HA 56 08/05/2012
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (93/6). NGC Census: (24/5). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fre 66 HA 184 10/16/2011
    1971 50c NGC MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 14 04/15/2010
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (81/6). NGC Census: (25/5). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS co 66 HA 42 09/30/2008
    1971 50c NGC MS64 64 David Lawrence Rare Coins 17 07/03/2008
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 29 11/15/2007
    19??-? Kennedy Half Dollar--Multiple Struck on Scrap--MS65 PCGS. 65 HA 1,495 09/28/2007
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 32 08/06/2007
    (3) 1971 50C MS65 PCGS. (Total: 3 Coins Item) 65 HA 16 07/24/2007
    1971 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 37 06/11/2007
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (80/6). NGC Census: (20/4). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS co 66 HA 39 06/05/2007
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (80/6). NGC Census: (20/4). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS co 66 HA 86 06/03/2007
    1971 50C Kennedy Half--Struck on an Underweight Planchet--AU55 NGC. 9.96 grams. A typical 1971 half dollar should weigh 11. 55 HA 161 01/06/2007
    1971 50C MS65 PCGS. PCGS Population (125/86). NGC Census: (16/20). Mintage: 155,164,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price: $12. (#6716 65 HA 35 11/12/2006
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 80 07/05/2005
    Undated 50C Error Clad Kennedy Half Dollar--Struck on 25 Cent Planchet--MS64 PCGS. Kennedy's head and the eagle design are 64 HA 575 06/03/2005
    Undated 50C Error Clad Kennedy Half Dollar--Struck 65% Off Center--MS62 PCGS. Struck widely off center toward 6 o'clock. Ke 62 HA 374 06/03/2005
    Undated 50C Error Clad Kennedy Half Dollar--Struck 65% Off Center--MS62 PCGS. 62 HA 253 01/17/2005
    Undated 50C Type Two Clad Blank Half Dollar Planchet MS61 PCGS. 61 HA 24 12/13/2004
    1971 50C MS65 PCGS, (8 Coins) 65 HA 86 12/13/2004
    1971 50C MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 39 11/23/2004
    Undated 50C Type Two Clad Half Dollar Blank Planchet--MS62 62 HA 22 07/26/2004
    (Undated) Clad Kennedy Half Dollar MS --Die Adjustment 70 HA 230 06/05/2004
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      NNP Encyclopedia data is provided in cooperation with Whitman Brands, based on catalog data organized by the Greysheet Identification System (GSID).

      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 6716
      Coin Date: 1971
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
      Desg: MS
      Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
      Mintage: 155,164,000
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Kennedy half dollar
      Coinage Years: 1971-
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Diameter: 30.6
      Weight (Grams): 11.34
      Weight (Ounces): 0.475
      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 #: 6716
      NGC ID: 24UA
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