Complete Guide to Kennedy Half Dollars
The 1988 Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) saw production return to the normal pattern. Coins were struck for circulation at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints, albeit in small numbers. The Proof version of the coin was struck at the San Francisco Mint for inclusion within the annual Proof Set. The highest graded circulation strikes […]
For a second time within the series, the half dollar was not produced for circulation but only issued within uncirculated mint sets. This makes for a low mintage of the 1987 Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) of 2,890,758 pieces from both the Philadelphia and Denver Mint facilities. Since collectors knew that the denomination would […]
The circulation mintage took a noticeable decline with the 1986 Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay). The Philadelphia Mint struck 13,107,633 coins, while the Denver Mint struck 15,336,145. For many years, the demand for the denomination had been falling as half dollars were not widely used within circulation. For the remainder of the series, mintages […]
All versions of the 1985 Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) are relatively easy to obtain in Uncirculated or Proof. The 1985 Mint Sets and the 1985 Proof Sets are inexpensive and this provides a ready source for coins when the sets are broken up. Collectors will often pursue the highest available grades from the […]
The 1984 Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) resumed the typical availability pattern for the series. The United States Mint resumed the offering of the annual Mint Sets this year, which provides for a steady source of Uncirculated examples of the coin struck at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints. The annual Proof Set was also […]
One of the most notable varieties of the series is the 1964 Accented Hair Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay). The variety only exists for the Proof version of the coin. Many collectors seeking a complete set of Proof coins will include this variety in their collection. In the first year of issue for the […]
For a second year, the United States Mint did not issue the annual Uncirculated Mint Set. This makes examples of the circulation strike 1983 Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) more difficult to find. In typical years of the series, Mint Sets provide a ready source of Uncirculated half dollars for collectors. These sets were […]
The Philadelphia and Denver Mint circulation strike 1982 Kennedy Half Dollars (Buy on eBay) represent two of the more difficult to find coins of the series. The mintages were somewhat lower than typical for the series at 10,819,000 and 13,140,102, but more significantly the coins were not issued within annual mint sets from the United […]
The focus of collectors for the 1981 Kennedy Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) once again moves to the Proof version of the coin. In a similar situation to 1979, two different varieties exist which are differentiated by the appearance of the “S” mint mark. For this year, the Type 1 variety carries a clear “S” […]
A small but notable change took place for the half dollar in 1980. For the first time, the “P” mint mark was included for coins struck at the Philadelphia Mint. Since the introduction of the denomination, all coins struck at Philadelphia did not include a mint mark, while coins struck at other facilities included the […]