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PCGS Number: 6722
Coin Date: 1974
Denomination (Short): 50c
Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
Desg: MS
Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
Mintage: 201,596,000
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Kennedy half dollar
Coinage Years: 1971-Present
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 30.6
Fineness: 0
Weight (Grams): 11.34
Weight (Ounces): 0.36169
Designer: Gilroy Roberts & Frank Gasparro
Edge: Reeded
Obverse Description: Portrait of President John F. Kennedy surrounded by the word LIBERTY on the periphery. IN GOD WE TRUST appears left and right of the portrait with the date at the bottom. The mint mark, if any, appears under the right of Kennedy's neck.
Reverse Description: The heraldic eagle holding arrows and branch of olive leaves with a full circle of stars around it. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * HALF DOLLAR surround the periphery.
General Notes: Shortly following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, Congress expedited the approval of redesigning the half dollar to honor the nation's fallen president. The first Kennedy half dollar was released in early 1964, replacing the Franklin half dollar that debuted only 16 years earlier in 1948.<BR><BR>The Kennedy half dollar, with the obverse designed by Gilroy Roberts and the reverse by Frank Gasparro, was an immediate hit; millions of mourning Americans jumping on the opportunity to own a "souvenir" of Kennedy for only 50 cents. This led many into thinking the Kennedy half dollar is inherently more valuable or worthy of saving than other half dollars and soon helped lead to an effective removal of the half dollar from circulation. By the early 1980s, the denomination had become virtually non-existent in day-to-day transactions, even though the half dollar remained on the lineup of business-strike circulating coinage until 2002.<BR><BR>No single issue of the Kennedy half dollar is rare, though any business-strike pieces grading better than MS66 or MS67 is largely regarded as a conditional rarity. There are also scarce varieties such as the 1974 doubled die obverse, 1982 no FG, and 1998-S matte finish. Several issues were made in relatively small quantities for distribution only in mint sets, including the 1970-D, 1987 Philadelphia and Denver pieces, and all made since 2002.
NGC ID: 24UG

1974 50c

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value
AU50	$1.05
AU53	$1.05
AU55	$1.05
AU58	$1.05
MS60	$1.10
MS61	$1.15
MS62	$1.40
MS63	$1.50
MS64	$4.05
MS65	$8.10
MS66	$68.00
MS67	$1,150.00
OGP*	$1.55

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1974 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (32/0 and 5/0+). NGC Census: (70/2 and 18/0+). CDN: $900 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67.	67	$1,200	05/13/24
	1974 50C MS67+ PCGS.	67	$2,520	09/05/19
	1974 50C MS67+ PCGS.	67	$2,280	11/03/17
	1974 50C MS67 PCGS.	67	$911	02/19/17
	1974 50C MS67 PCGS.	67	$1,645	01/09/17
	1974 50C MS67 PCGS.	67	$3,290	11/01/15
	1974 50C MS67 PCGS.	67	$2,350	08/09/14
	1974 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (185/32). NGC Census: (245/78). CDN: $50 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS66. Mintage 201,596	66	$107	09/19/23
	1974 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-66+ (PCGS).	66	$288	02/02/22
	1974 50c PCGS MS66	66	$70	04/22/19
	1974 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population: (154/11). NGC Census: (40/3). Mintage 201,596,000.	66	$119	09/27/16
	1974 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (104/10). NGC Census: (24/3). Mintage: 201,596,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS	66	$37	04/20/08
	1974 50c PCGS MS66	66	$53	01/01/07
	1974 50c PCGS MS66	66	$38	09/05/05
	1974 50c PCGS MS66	66	$38	08/22/05
HA	1974 MS66 PCGS.	66	$13	05/11/04
	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on Taiwan $5 Planchet -- AU55 PCGS.	55	$2,880	09/18/23
	1974 50C Kennedy Half--Struck on a Taiwan 5 Yuan Planchet--AU55 PCGS. The U.S. Mint struck 5 Yuan pieces for the Republic o	55	$431	01/06/07
	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on an Incompletely Punched Planchet -- MS63 PCGS. Ex: Fred Weinberg Collection.	63	$408	05/08/22
HA	1974 50C MS63 PCGS, sharply struck and lightly toned, (4 Coins)	63	$12	01/12/04
	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Partial Collar Strike on Type One Blank -- MS64 PCGS.	64	$61	10/06/21
HA	1974 50C MS64 PCGS. PCGS Population (42/205). NGC Census: (15/30). Mintage: 201,596,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price: $4. (#6722)	64	$11	11/07/06
	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on Foreign Planchet -- AU58 PCGS.From The Errorpalooza Collection.	58	$780	04/15/21
	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Uncentered Broadstrike -- MS60 PCGS.	60	$1,110	09/02/20
	1974 50c PCGS MS65	65	$14	10/09/06
	1974 50c PCGS MS65	65	$9	12/19/05
	1974 50c PCGS MS65	65	$10	12/05/05
HA	1974 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (73/2). Mintage 201,596,000.	67	$660	09/24/24
HA	1974 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (73/2). Mintage 201,596,000.	67	$660	09/24/24
HA	1974 50C MS67+ NGC. NGC Census: (73/2 and 18/0+). PCGS Population: (32/0 and 5/0+). CDN: $900 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67.	67	$660	08/15/23
HA	1974 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (61/2). PCGS Population: (32/0). CDN: $900 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintage 201,596,000	67	$480	07/03/23
David Lawrence Rare Coins	1974 50c NGC MS67	67	$421	04/24/23
HA	(1974) 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Obverse Indent -- MS64 NGC.	64	$408	09/18/23
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Retained Broken Collar 11:00 to 5:00 -- MS64 NGC.	64	$109	06/12/23
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on Taiwan $5 Planchet -- MS64 NGC. (9.4 grams).	64	$1,020	01/03/22
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Incomplete Clip -- MS64 NGC.	64	$384	07/15/21
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Double Struck, Second Strike 85% Off Center -- MS64 NGC.	64	$79	12/15/20
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Double Struck, Second Strike 85% Off Center -- MS64 NGC.	64	$264	04/15/20
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on Taiwan $5 Blank -- MS64 NGC. 9.6 Grams.	64	$660	09/10/19
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar--Double Struck 2nd 85% Off Center--MS64 NGC.	64	$374	02/07/10
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Struck on a Quarter Blank -- MS62 NGC. 5.71 grams.	62	$630	08/28/22
HA	1974 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Die Adjustment Strike -- NGC.	0	$181	04/15/20
HA	1974 Kennedy Half Dollar--Die Adjustment Strike--NGC.	60	$94	12/06/09
David Lawrence Rare Coins	1974 50c NGC MS65	65	$16	09/10/07

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