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PCGS Number: 6733
Coin Date: 1978
Denomination (Short): 50c
Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
Desg: MS
Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
Mintage: 14,350,000
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: 24UP

1978 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	$31.05
MS67	$338.00
OGP*	$1.55

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1978 Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS).	67	$120	04/12/23
	1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (37/0). NGC Census: (14/0). CDN: $260 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Minta	67	$204	09/10/19
	1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (37/0). NGC Census: (13/0). CDN: $260 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Minta	67	$1,680	11/13/18
	1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (33/0). NGC Census: (10/0). Mintage 14,350,000.	67	$164	09/13/16
	1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (32/0). NGC Census: (10/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. From The Bristol Collection.	67	$376	09/11/16
	1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (32/0). NGC Census: (10/0). Mintage: 14,350,000.	67	$329	07/26/16
	1978 50C MS67 PCGS. Ex: Vennekotter Collection. PCGS Population (28/0). NGC Census: (9/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia	67	$212	11/03/15
	1978 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (28/0). NGC Census: (9/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem free	67	$411	08/09/14
	1978 50c PCGS MS66	66	$45	08/28/17
	Investor Lot of 1978 50c: All PCGS MS66 (2 Coins) - No Reserve!	66	$24	08/31/15
	1978 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (126/0). NGC Census: (65/6). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS co	66	$19	07/08/08
	1978 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (126/28). NGC Census: (54/6). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS c	66	$31	04/20/08
	1978 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (125/28). NGC Census: (50/6). Mintage: 14,350,000. (#6733)	66	$11	08/19/07
HA	1978 50C MS66 PCGS.	66	$11	12/14/04
HA	1978 MS66 PCGS.	66	$16	10/05/04
HA	1978 MS66 PCGS.	66	$11	09/28/04
HA	1978 MS66 PCGS.	66	$19	09/21/04
HA	1978 MS66 PCGS.	66	$27	09/14/04
HA	1978 50C MS66 PCGS.	66	$22	01/14/03
HA	1978 50C MS66 PCGS.	66	$22	09/17/02
HA	1978 50C MS66 PCGS. The latest Coin World "Trends" price is $	66	$12	09/03/02
	1978 50c	64	$20	03/30/15
	1978 50c	65	$25	03/16/15
HA	1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (33/4). Mintage 14,350,000.	67	$71	10/01/24
HA	1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (14/1). PCGS Population: (37/0). CDN: $260 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintag	67	$600	11/05/19
HA	1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (12/0). PCGS Population: (37/0). Mintage 14,350,000.	67	$192	11/07/17
HA	1978 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (4/0). PCGS Population (28/0). Mintage: 14,350,000. Numismedia Wsl. Price: $100.(#6733)	67	$80	05/07/06
HA	1978 50C MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (124/225). PCGS Population: (207/260). CDN: $6 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS65. Mintage 14,350,	65	$45	07/03/23
David Lawrence Rare Coins	1978 50c NGC MS65	65	$12	05/27/10
HA	1978 50C MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (12/29). PCGS Population (60/143). Mintage: 14,350,000. (#6733)	65	$17	05/02/06
HA	1982 Panama Half Balboa--Struck over a 1978 Kennedy Half	66	$1,725	01/10/04

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