What is the value of a gold plated 1977 Kennedy half dollar?

Answer 1

You have a manually altered novelty item, known as a Magician's Coin, made by altering two normal coins and gluing the pieces back together, that sells regularly for a couple dollars. Use a magnifier and examine just inside the raised rim on both sides of the coin, looking for a seam where the pieces are joined, that can be on either side of the coin.

Answer 2

July 3, 2009 The 1977 Kennedy Half Dollar in uncirculated condition is worth about $3. There may be a few cents additional value for the gold plated on it depending on the purity and thickness of the plating. As far as a collectable value, there is some interest in collecting gold plated coins but from a numismatic view the half dollar is not as issued by the mint and by plating it, even with gold, the coin is actually altered.

Answer 3

You have it right on the second guess - it's an ordinary copper-nickel half that was plated. The coin itself is worth 50 cents and it would cost more to recover the gold than you could make by selling it.

After all, even the most brick-headed government bureaucrat wouldn't authorize minting a coin worth hundreds of dollars in gold, and put it into circulation at a half-buck each.

Answer 4

It's a common date coin that's still found in circulation today and has no more than face value.