The mintages for Kennedy Half Dollars have varied widely during the course of the series. A large number of coins were struck for the first year of issue, which was also the final year that the composition of 90% silver was used for circulation. Another spike occurred in 1976, when a special reverse design was used to celebrate the nation’s bicentennial.

Mintage levels would experience a general decline in the following years, as the use of the denomination within circulation declined. In response to the declining demand, from 2002 to present the half dollars were not struck for circulation, but only produced in the small quantities needed to satisfy demand from collectors. Two other low mintage issues of the series occurred in 1970 and 1987, when the half dollars were only issued within Mint Sets.

The table below displays the mintage figures for circulation strike Kennedy Half Dollars. During the series, coins were struck for circulation at the Philadelphia and Denver Mints. From 1965 to 1967 the use of mint marks was temporarily suspended in response to coin shortages. No half dollars dated 1975 were issued, as this year production of the 1976-dated bicentennial issue was authorized.

Kennedy Half Dollar Mintages

YearPhiladelphiaDenver
1964273,304,004156,205,446
196565,879,366N/A
1966108,984,932N/A
1967295,046,978N/A
1968N/A246,951,930
1969N/A129,881,800
1970N/A2,150,000
1971155,164,000302,097,424
1972153,180,000141,890,000
197364,964,00083,171,400
1974201,596,00079,066,300
1976234,308,000287,565,248
197743,598,00031,449,106
197814,350,00013,765,799
197968,312,00015,815,422
198044,134,00033,456,449
198129,544,00027,839,533
198210,819,00013,140,102
198334,139,00032,472,244
198426,029,00026,262,158
198518,706,96219,814,034
198613,107,63315,336,145
19872,890,7582,890,758
198813,626,00012,000,096
198924,542,00023,000,216
199022,278,00020,096,242
YearPhiladelphiaDenver
199114,874,00015,054,678
199217,628,00017,000,106
199315,510,00015,000,006
199423,718,00023,828,110
199526,496,00026,288,000
199624,442,00024,744,000
199720,882,00019,876,000
199815,646,00015,064,000
19998,900,00010,682,000
200022,600,00019,466,000
200121,200,00019,504,000
20023,100,0002,500,000
20032,500,0002,500,000
20042,900,0002,900,000
20053,800,0003,500,000
20062,400,0002,000,000
20072,400,0002,400,000
20081,700,0001,700,000
20091,900,0001,900,000
20101,800,0001,700,000
20111,750,0001,700,000
20121,800,0001,700,000
20135,000,0004,600,000
20142,500,0002,100,000
20152,300,0002,300,000
20162,100,0002,100,000
20171,800,0002,900,000
20184,800,0006,100,000
20191,700,0001,700,000
20202,300,0003,400,000
20215,100,0007,700,000