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1985-D 50c

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27 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1985-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 15 02/17/2020
    1985-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 20 12/02/2019
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (96/1). NGC Census: (104/3). Mintage 19,814,034. 67 HA 55 09/12/2017
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (88/1). NGC Census: (94/3). Mintage 19,814,034. 67 HA 74 09/27/2016
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (88/1). NGC Census: (94/3). Mintage 19,814,034. 67 HA 84 09/13/2016
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (88/1). NGC Census: (91/3). Mintage: 19,814,034. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fr 67 HA 100 12/29/2015
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. Ex: Vennekotter Collection. PCGS Population (88/1). NGC Census: (91/3). Mintage: 19,814,034. Numismed 67 HA 112 11/03/2015
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (82/1). NGC Census: (76/3). Mintage: 19,814,034. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fr 67 HA 159 07/15/2014
    1985-D 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (73/3). PCGS Population (82/0). Mintage: 19,814,034. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fre 67 HA 50 11/02/2012
    1985-D 50c NGC MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 14 04/15/2010
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (81/0). NGC Census: (54/2). Mintage: 19,814,034. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS c 67 HA 25 10/05/2008
    1985-D 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (226/81). NGC Census: (100/56). Mintage: 19,814,034. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PC 66 HA 10 09/30/2008
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (77/0). NGC Census: (47/2). Mintage: 19,814,034. (#6748) 67 HA 75 10/14/2007
    1985-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 59 07/12/2007
    1985-D 50c PCGS MS67 67 David Lawrence Rare Coins 127 01/29/2007
    1985-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 41 04/03/2006
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 86 07/03/2005
    1985-D 50C MS67 PCGS, (2 coins) 67 HA 92 12/13/2004
    1985-D MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 46 09/28/2004
    1985-D MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 11 09/07/2004
    1985-D MS66 PCGS. 66 HA 13 05/11/2004
    1985-D MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 38 08/26/2003
    1985-D MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 37 07/08/2003
    1985-D MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 150 07/01/2003
    1985-D MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 70 07/01/2003
    1985-D MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 86 06/24/2003
    1985-D 50C 66 HA 16 12/05/2000
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 6748
      Coin Date: 1985-D
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
      Desg: MS
      Mint Mark: D
      Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
      Mintage: 19,814,034
      Strike Type: Business
      Coinage Type: Kennedy half dollar
      Coinage Years: 1971-Present
      Mint Location: Denver
      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 #: 6748
      NGC ID: 24V7
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