1964-D 50C MS67 Certification #21907519, PCGS #6707

Type: Kennedy Half Dollar, Type 1, Silver (1964) Designer: Gilroy Roberts/Frank Gasparro Content: 90% silver 10% copper Weight: 12.50 grams Diameter: 31.00 millimeters Edge: Reeded Mint: Denver Production Strikes: 156,205,446 General Type Description: The assassination of former President John F. Kennedy took place on November 22, 1963 and many grieving people wanted to do something special in memory of the late President. Shortly thereafter, it was decided that Kennedy's portrait would be place on a U.S. coin. Initially Kennedy's portrait was going to be placed on a U.S. quarter. However, Mrs. Kennedy requested for George Washington's portrait to remain on the quarter instead of her late husbands. The second best choice was the Half Dollar coin. At the time, the Franklin Half Dollar coins were still being issued and the current law required that a coins design should remain on a circulating coin for at least 25 years before it can be changed. Consequently, Congress has to act quickly and change the law for the Half Dollar coins. In the end the Kennedy Half Dollar was approved, therefore, ending the Franklin Half Dollar series at least four years earlier than expected. By February 1964, the Philadelphia Mint struck its first Kennedy Half Dollars for circulation while the Denver Mint had already struck them just a week earlier.(Source: Hernandez, Jaime. PCGS CoinFacts) Specific Issue Description: The 1964 Kennedy Half Dollars were composed of 90% silver, therefore making them a single-year type. The following years, or from 1965 to 1970, circulation strike Kennedy Half Dollars were struck in 40% silver-clad. The 1964-D tends to be better struck than the 1964-P as there is at least one known example grading up to MS68 condition for the 1964-D. (Source: Hernandez, Jaime. PCGS CoinFacts) Exemplar Description: Well-struck with pleasing surfaces and iridescent rainbow-toning highlighting both the obverse and the reverse. One of less than four dozen graded as MS67 with only one graded higher (as of 5/2016), this was acquired 7/2010 via Teletrade. Photography/Imaging c/o Ben Karr

Jaime Hernandez

The 1964-P and D Kennedy Half Dollars were composed of 90% silver, therefore making them a one year type. The following years, or from 1965 to 1970 circulation strike Kennedy Half Dollars were struck in 40% silver.