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1979 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 $358.00
OGP* $1.78

Apr Data

59 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1979 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (31/2). PCGS Population: (49/1). CDN: $275 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintage 68,312,000. 67 HA 216 07/03/2023
    1979 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS). 67 Stacks Bowers 216 04/12/2023
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (47/1). NGC Census: (26/1). CDN: $275 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintage 68,312,000 67 HA 552 07/28/2020
    1979 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (26/1). PCGS Population: (49/1). CDN: $275 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintag 67 HA 660 11/05/2019
    1979 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67 (NGC). QA. 67 Stacks Bowers 105 06/12/2019
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (49/1). NGC Census: (26/1). CDN: $275 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Minta 67 HA 240 01/15/2019
    1979 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (26/1). PCGS Population: (49/1). CDN: $275 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintag 67 HA 104 11/13/2018
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (49/1). NGC Census: (26/1). CDN: $275 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Minta 67 HA 504 10/02/2018
    1979 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (23/1). PCGS Population: (48/1). Mintage 68,312,000. 67 HA 126 11/07/2017
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (48/1). NGC Census: (20/1). Mintage 68,312,000. 67 HA 329 09/27/2016
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (47/1). NGC Census: (20/1). Mintage 68,312,000. 67 HA 223 09/13/2016
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. Ex: Vennekotter Collection. PCGS Population (47/1). NGC Census: (19/1). Mintage: 68,312,000. Numismedia 67 HA 306 11/03/2015
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (46/1). NGC Census: (18/1). Mintage: 68,312,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem free 67 HA 423 07/15/2014
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 253 12/13/2004
    1979 50C MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 322 11/08/2004
    1979 50c MS 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 75 03/16/2015
    1979 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 54 04/15/2010
    1979 50C MS66 PCGS. The Set Includes: 1979 MS66 and a 1979-D MS66. (Total: 2 coins) 66 HA 32 08/16/2009
    1979 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (163/46). NGC Census: (78/14). Mintage: 68,312,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS 66 HA 11 10/05/2008
    1979 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 32 05/29/2007
    1979 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 44 01/01/2007
    1979 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 44 06/05/2006
    1979 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 16 12/12/2005
    1979 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 15 10/10/2005
    1979 50C MS66 NGC, (7 Coins) 66 HA 48 12/13/2004
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 12% Off Center -- MS65 PCGS. PCGS Population: (103/253). NGC Census: (130/216). CDN: 65 HA 1,680 07/15/2021
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on SBA Dollar Planchet -- MS65 PCGS. From The Don Bonser Error Coin Collection 65 HA 900 11/06/2020
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Susan B. Anthony Dollar Planchet -- MS65 PCGS. 65 HA 1,800 04/28/2019
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on Susan B. Anthony $1 Planchet -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 960 09/16/2024
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on an Anthony Dollar Blank -- MS64 NGC. 8.1 grams 64 HA 780 08/28/2022
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Uncentered Broadstrike -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 336 10/06/2021
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Obverse Struck Partially Thru Clad Layer -- MS64 NGC. 64 HA 504 10/06/2021
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on Susan B. Anthony Dollar Planchet -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 780 07/15/2021
    (1979) 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Susan B. Anthony Dollar Planchet -- MS64 NGC. 8.2 Grams. 64 HA 552 10/24/2018
    1979 50C MS64 PCGS. PCGS Population (46/308). NGC Census: (28/217). Mintage: 68,312,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem 64 HA 20 06/14/2016
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck Off-Center -- MS64 NGC. 64 HA 188 09/20/2015
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Mated Error Pair MS64 PCGS. (Total: 2 coins) 64 HA 4,112 01/14/2013
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 10% Off Center -- MS64 PCGS. 64 HA 104 01/08/2012
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on $1 Planchet -- MS63 NGC. (8 Grams). 63 HA 2,040 01/03/2022
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a SBA Dollar Blank -- MS62 PCGS. 62 HA 504 07/14/2019
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 10% Off Center -- MS62 PCGS. 62 HA 94 01/08/2012
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck 10% Off Center -- MS61 NGC. 61 HA 564 04/15/2020
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar--Struck 10% Off Center--MS61 NGC. 61 HA 69 12/06/2009
    1979 50C Half Dollar--Struck 10% Off Center--MS61 PCGS. From The Larry Rausch Collection of Errors. 61 HA 126 03/15/2005
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar--Struck 15% Off Center--MS61 PCGS. From The Larry Rausch Collection of Errors. 61 HA 150 03/01/2005
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a SBA Dollar Planchet, 8.1 Grams -- AU58 NGC. 58 HA 764 07/12/2015
    1979 50C Half Dollar -- Struck on an Anthony Dollar Planchet -- AU58 NGC. 58 HA 999 03/02/2014
    1979 50C Kennedy Half--Struck on an Anthony Dollar Planchet--AU58 PCGS. 58 HA 748 07/12/2009
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar--Struck on a Susan B. Anthony Dollar Planchet--AU58 NGC. 8.1 grams. 58 HA 1,948 12/04/2004
    1979 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on an Anthony Dollar Planchet -- AU55 PCGS. 55 HA 540 10/05/2016
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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: 6735
      Coin Date: 1979
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
      Desg: MS
      Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
      Mintage: 68,312,000
      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 #: 6735
      NGC ID: 24US
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