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1978 50c

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade CPG Value
AU50 $1.05
AU53 $1.05
AU55 $1.05
AU58 $1.05
MS60 $1.10
MS61 $1.15
MS62 $1.40
MS63 $1.50
MS64 $4.05
MS65 $8.10
MS66 $31.05
MS67 $338.00
OGP* $1.55

Apr Data

31 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (33/4). Mintage 14,350,000. 67 HA 71 10/01/2024
    1978 50C MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (124/225). PCGS Population: (207/260). CDN: $6 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS65. Mintage 14,350, 65 HA 45 07/03/2023
    1978 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS). 67 Stacks Bowers 120 04/12/2023
    1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (14/1). PCGS Population: (37/0). CDN: $260 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintag 67 HA 600 11/05/2019
    1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (37/0). NGC Census: (14/0). CDN: $260 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Minta 67 HA 204 09/10/2019
    1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (37/0). NGC Census: (13/0). CDN: $260 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Minta 67 HA 1,680 11/13/2018
    1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (12/0). PCGS Population: (37/0). Mintage 14,350,000. 67 HA 192 11/07/2017
    1978 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 45 08/28/2017
    1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (33/0). NGC Census: (10/0). Mintage 14,350,000. 67 HA 164 09/13/2016
    1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (32/0). NGC Census: (10/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. From The Bristol Collection. 67 HA 376 09/11/2016
    1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (32/0). NGC Census: (10/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. 67 HA 329 07/26/2016
    1978 50C MS67 PCGS. Ex: Vennekotter Collection. PCGS Population (28/0). NGC Census: (9/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia 67 HA 212 11/03/2015
    Investor Lot of 1978 50c: All PCGS MS66 (2 Coins) - No Reserve! 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 24 08/31/2015
    1978 50c MS 64 David Lawrence Rare Coins 20 03/30/2015
    1978 50c MS 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 25 03/16/2015
    1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (28/0). NGC Census: (9/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem free 67 HA 411 08/09/2014
    1978 50c NGC MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 12 05/27/2010
    1978 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (126/0). NGC Census: (65/6). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS co 66 HA 19 07/08/2008
    1978 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (126/28). NGC Census: (54/6). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS c 66 HA 31 04/20/2008
    1978 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (125/28). NGC Census: (50/6). Mintage: 14,350,000. (#6733) 66 HA 11 08/19/2007
    1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (4/0). PCGS Population (28/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price: $100.(#6733) 67 HA 80 05/07/2006
    1978 50C MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (12/29). PCGS Population (60/143). Mintage: 14,350,000. (#6733) 65 HA 17 05/02/2006
    1978 50C MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 11 12/14/2004
    1978 MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 16 10/05/2004
    1978 MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 11 09/28/2004
    1978 MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 19 09/21/2004
    1978 MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 27 09/14/2004
    1982 Panama Half Balboa--Struck over a 1978 Kennedy Half 66 HA 1,725 01/10/2004
    1978 50C MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 22 01/14/2003
    1978 50C MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 22 09/17/2002
    1978 50C MS66 PCGS. The latest Coin World "Trends" price is $ 66 HA 12 09/03/2002
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 6733
      Coin Date: 1978
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
      Desg: MS
      Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
      Mintage: 14,350,000
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Kennedy half dollar
      Coinage Years: 1971-Present
      Mint Location: Philadelphia
      Diameter: 30.6
      Weight (Grams): 11.34
      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 #: 6733
      NGC ID: 24UP
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