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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)

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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.

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