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1988-D 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 $18.90
MS67 $61.00
MS68 $3,440.00
OGP* $2.20

Apr Data

19 records found.

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    Description Grade Auction House Sell Price Sell Date
    1988-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Obverse Struck Thru -- MS67 NGC. 67 HA 59 07/15/2021
    1988-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Quadruple Curved Clips -- MS65 NGC. 65 HA 234 07/15/2021
    1988-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 15 02/17/2020
    1988-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (175/1). NGC Census: (133/2). 67 HA 47 09/27/2016
    1988-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (168/1). NGC Census: (118/2). Mintage: 12,000,096. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem 67 HA 57 07/15/2014
    1988-D 50c MS 68 Ira & Larry Goldberg 3,105 09/22/2013
    1988-D 50c NGC MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 12 05/27/2010
    1988-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (161/1). NGC Census: (62/2). Mintage: 12,000,096. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS 67 HA 11 09/30/2008
    1988-D 50c NGC MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 21 10/04/2007
    1988-D 50c NGC MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 16 07/02/2007
    1988-D 50C MS67 PCGS; 1964 PR68 PCGS; 1964 PR69 PCGS; 1969-S PR68 Deep Cameo NGC; 1970-S PR67 Deep Cameo NGC; 1971-S PR67 Dee (Total: 7 Coins) 67 HA 253 01/08/2007
    1988-D 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 14 10/09/2006
    1988-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 41 06/05/2006
    1988-D 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 28 02/20/2006
    1988-D 50c PCGS MS66 66 David Lawrence Rare Coins 17 12/12/2005
    1988-D 50c PCGS MS65 65 David Lawrence Rare Coins 3 12/05/2005
    1988-D 50C MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 35 07/03/2005
    1988-D 50C MS67 PCGS. 67 HA 52 12/14/2004
    1988-D 50C MS67 PCGS. A beautiful, highly lustrous 67 HA 41 04/28/2002
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      Entry Details

      PCGS Number: 6754
      Coin Date: 1988-D
      Denomination (Short): 50c
      Denomination (Long): Half dollar
      Desg: MS
      Mint Mark: D
      Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
      Mintage: 12,000,096
      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 #: 6754
      NGC ID: 24VD
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