Description
• Denomination: 50 Cents
• Year: 1967
• Composition: 40% Silver (outer layers 80% silver, core 21% silver)
• Weight: 11.5 grams
• Pure Silver Content: ~4.6 grams
• Diameter: 30.6 mm
• Mint Mark: None (1965–1967 coins were struck without mint marks)
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🪙 Design Details
Obverse:
• Portrait of President John F. Kennedy
• “LIBERTY”
• “IN $%& WE TRUST”
• Date 1967
Reverse:
• Presidential Seal (eagle with shield)
• “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”
• “HALF DOLLAR”
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🏷️ Grade – XF 45 (Extremely Fine)
• Light overall wear
• Strong hair details visible
• Some luster remaining
• Stained: surface discoloration reduces eye appeal and slightly lowers value
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💰 Approximate Value (XF 45 – Stained)
• Silver melt value: usually 3–5 USD (depends on silver price)
• Collector value: about 6 – 12 USD
• In UAE Dirhams: approx. 22 – 45 AED
Staining keeps it close to silver value rather than premium collectible value.
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📊 Collectibility
• Not rare (very high mintage ~295 million)
• Popular mainly for silver content
• Better value in MS condition or 1964 (90% silver)