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PCGS Number: 6736
Coin Date: 1979-D
Denomination (Short): 50c
Denomination (Long): 50 Cents
Desg: MS
Mint Mark: D
Composition: 75% copper; 25% nickel
Mintage: 15,815,422
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Kennedy half dollar
Coinage Years: 1971-Present
Mint Location: Denver
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: 24UT

1979-D 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	$27.00
MS67	$650.00
OGP*	$1.78

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1979-D Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67 (PCGS).	67	$360	04/12/23
	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (36/0). NGC Census: (9/0). CDN: $415 Whsle. Bid for NGC/PCGS MS67. Mintage 15,815,42	67	$660	04/27/21
	1979-D 50C MS67+ PCGS.	67	$2,702	02/19/17
	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population: (36/0). NGC Census: (5/0). Mintage 15,815,422.	67	$258	10/05/16
	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (36/0). NGC Census: (5/0). Mintage: 15,815,422.	67	$376	09/11/16
	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (36/0). NGC Census: (5/0). Mintage: 15,815,422. From The Bristol Collection.	67	$400	09/11/16
	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. Ex: Vennekotter Collection. PCGS Population (35/0). NGC Census: (4/0). Mintage: 15,815,422. Numismedi	67	$822	11/01/15
	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (35/0). NGC Census: (4/0). Mintage: 15,815,422. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fre	67	$764	08/09/14
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1979-D 50c	67	$604	09/22/13
	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. PCGS Population (35/0). NGC Census: (4/0). Mintage: 15,815,422. Numismedia Wsl. Price for problem fre	67	$705	08/05/12
HA	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS.	67	$276	12/13/04
HA	1979-D 50C MS67 PCGS. Fully struck with gorgeous deep	67	$310	08/23/04
HA	1979-D MS67 PCGS.	67	$391	05/06/03
	1979-D 50c PCGS MS64	64	$26	05/30/22
	1979-D 50C MS66 PCGS. PCGS Population (153/35). NGC Census: (56/4). Mintage: 15,815,422. Numismedia Wsl. Price for NGC/PCGS	66	$11	09/30/08
HA	1979-D 50C MS66 PCGS, (4 coins)	66	$53	11/08/04
HA	1979-D MS66 PCGS.	66	$16	10/05/04
HA	1979-D MS66 PCGS.	66	$20	10/05/04
HA	1979-D MS66 PCGS.	66	$16	10/05/04
HA	1979-D MS66 PCGS.	66	$16	10/05/04
HA	1979-D MS66 PCGS.	66	$26	09/21/04
HA	1979-D MS66 PCGS.	66	$35	09/21/04
HA	1979-D MS66 PCGS.	66	$32	09/14/04
HA	1979-D 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (24/1). Mintage 15,815,422.	67	$216	09/24/24
HA	1979-D 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (23/1). Mintage 15,815,422.	67	$149	08/20/24
Stacks Bowers	1979-D Kennedy Half Dollar. MS-67 (NGC).	67	$432	06/12/19
HA	1979-D 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (7/0). PCGS Population: (36/0). CDN: $415 Whsle. Bid for problem-free NGC/PCGS MS67. Minta	67	$504	11/13/18
HA	1979-D 50C MS67 NGC. NGC Census: (7/0). PCGS Population: (37/0). Mintage 15,815,422.	67	$408	11/05/17
David Lawrence Rare Coins	1979-D 50c NGC MS65 (OH)	65	$7	05/20/19
HA	1979-D 50C Kennedy Half Dollar -- Improperly Annealed -- MS65 NGC. NGC Census: (69/75). PCGS Population (64/194). Mintage:	65	$89	09/11/12
David Lawrence Rare Coins	1979-D 50c NGC MS66	66	$16	09/06/07

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