No president was ever depicted on a true silver dollar. They all carried a picture of Miss Liberty.
Newer $1 coins aren't silver. The copper-nickel ones minted from 1971 to 1978 carried a picture of Dwight Eisenhower, and the current Presidential series of "golden" brass dollars will depict every president except those who are still living at the time the series ends.
John F. Kennedy is on the current U.S. Half Dollar (1964-present) .
His portrait replaced Benjamin Franklin's on the US Half Dollar. Franklin's portrait appeared from 1948 to 1963.
The president that is on the obverse of the half dollar is John F. Kennedy. The Kennedy half-dollar came into circulation in 1964 which is the year after he was killed in Dallas, TX.
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Kennedy is still on the half dollar coins.
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John F. Kennedy is currently on the obverse of the half dollar.
No president is on a 1961 half dollar. It depicts Benjamin Franklin who was a Founding Father, statesman, diplomat, inventor, writer, and philosopher ... but never president.
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The U.S. hasn't made a half-dollar bill in about 150 years. Please post a new question.
Since 1964, the U.S. half dollar has featured President John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in 1963.
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President John F. Kennedy has been featured on the U.S. half dollar since 1964, including 2007.
To set the record straight the president's name is EISENHOWER, and his picture was on the DOLLAR coin from 1971 to 1978. JFK is on the half dollar. Please determine whether you have a half dollar or a dollar as well as what date it is and then check the Related Questions.
The 35th President of the US, John F. Kennedy, is on the half dollar coin
Franklin Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, is on the dime. Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd President of the United States, is on the nickel. John Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, is on the half dollar.