They were 40% silver. 4.93 grams of silver. At today's silver price, that is about $3.18 worth of silver (prices change daily)
The 40% silver Kennedy halves weigh 11.5 grams in total, with 4.6 grams or 0.147893 troy ounces of silver. As of 16 Dec 2017, the melt value is $2.38.
1976 bicentennial proof set silver dollar half and quarter what's the value of this uncirculated set?
1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 all issues. And there was a 1976 S bicentennial 40% silver coin released in special silver bicentennial sets, but no 1976 coins released for general circulation contain any silver.
1976 was the United States' bicentennial. All quarters, half dollars, and dollars minted that year show 1776-1976 in recognition of it.
Please check the date again. The US Bicentennial was in 1976.
If it's Independence Hall, then you probably have a bicentennial half dollar. It's worth 50 cents.
The bicentennial Kennedy half dollar is made of a copper-nickel alloy, special collectors coins were struck in 40% silver but they all have "S" mintmarks.
The 1964 Kennedy half dollar, which is 90% silver, contains 0.3617 troy ounces of silver. The 1965-1970 Kennedy half dollars (as well as some 1976 coins issued for collectors), which are only 40% silver, contain 0.1479 troy ounces of silver. The silver proof Kennedy half dollars produced for collectors since 1992 are, like the 1964 coins, 90% silver and contain 0.3617 troy ounces of silver.
Your coin is almost certainly plated. No silver halves were made in 1972. From 1971 to 1974 the U.S. Mint issued some 40% silver Eisenhower dollars and they issued a 40% silver half dollar in 1976 for the Bicentennial, but not all 1976 half dollars have silver. From 1965 to 1970 half dollars had 40% silver. Some silver proof sets had silver half dollars beginning in 1992.
What you have is probably a bicentennial quarter or Half-Dollar. They were minted to commemorate the 200th birthday of the United States.
All US bicentennial coinage has the dual date 1776-1976 not 1973, none of the bicentennial half dollar coins made for general circulation contain any silver or are worth more than face value. Only Proof and collectors coins sold from the US Mint are worth more.
What do you mean by the wrong date? Bicentennial half dollars are only worth 50 cents.
Only dollars, half dollars an quarters dated 1776-1976 are "Bicentennial" coins. Dimes, nickels and cents are face value.