1964-D Kennedy Half Dollar (90% silver) — obverse; 1964 Philadelphia Kennedy half dollar; independent reference side
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1964-D Kennedy Half Dollar (90% silver)

Legacy ColCon description (source information; not independently verified): Mintage 156,205,446. The composition of the 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar is 90% silver and 10% copper - the only year the coin was minted for general circulation with 90% silver. The coin weighs 12.5000 grams, therefore the silver weight is 11.2500 grams or 0.3617 Troy ounces

Connections

Struck at
Denver Mint
Produced by
United States Mint

Issue details

Dated 1964, this Kennedy half dollar is a regular circulation strike with a D mint mark. It has a nominal whole-coin mass composition specification of 100‰ copper and 900‰ silver and has a nominal weight specification of 12.5 g. Regular-strike production was 156,205,446 pieces.

Denomination
50¢
Date
1964
Mint mark
D
Series
Kennedy half dollar
Strike
Regular circulation strike
Composition
100‰ copper · 900‰ silver

Nominal whole-coin mass composition specification; not a specimen assay.

s.2; s.3; s.4

Weight
12.5 g

Nominal issue specification; not a specimen measurement.

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Regular-strike production
156,205,446

Recorded production of this dated regular-strike issue; not calendar-year output.

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Sources

  1. s.1 — Obverse: 1964-D Kennedy Half Dollar (90% silver) — obverse; 1964 Philadelphia Kennedy half dollar; independent reference side

    Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica via Wikimedia Commons

    Public domain (image file declaration on Wikimedia Commons)

    Source page

  2. s.2 — Coinage Act of 1873, Act of February 12, 1873, 17 Stat. 424, chapter 131

    §13,17 Stat.426/PDF3; §33,p.429/PDF6 (ingot context)

  3. s.3 — U.S. Mint Annual Report FY1965 (GPO, 1966)

    p.42/Table14, calendar1964/FY1965 half-dollar row; PDF54

  4. s.4 — U.S. Mint, Domestic and Foreign Coins Manufactured by Mints of the United States, 1792–1965

    pp.7–8/Table C5 silver standards; PDF11–12

  5. s.5 — U.S. Mint Annual Report FY1965 (GPO, 1966)

    p.42/Table 14, half dollar standard weight (PDF54); p.208 proof note (PDF220)

  6. s.6 — U.S. Mint, Domestic and Foreign Coins 1793–1976 (GPO, 1978)

    p.77/Table LIV, half dollars / Denver; PDF85; note on 1964-dated production Jan1964–Apr1966