It's the monogram of the coin's designer:
Kennedy halves - an intertwined G and R, for Gilroy Roberts
Franklin halves - JRS, for John R. Sinnock.
His name was John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and the marking on the half dollar is the designer's initials.
All types of half dollars from 1964 & older were made of 90% silver & 10% copper, from 1965-1970 half dollars were made using 40% silver, and 1971 to present the Kennedy half dollars are made of 91.67% copper & 8.33% nickel
* all the Flowing Hair Half Dollars * all the Draped Bust, Small Eagle Half Dollars * all the Draped Bust, Heraldic Eagle Half Dollars * all the Capped Bust Half Dolllars * Seated Liberty Half Dollars: 1842-0 (small date); 1847/6; 1851; 1852; 1855-S; 1870-CC; 1873 (open 3); 1874-CC; 1878-S * Barber Half Dollars: 1892-0 (micro 0); * Walking Liberty Half Dollar: 1916-S; 1921; 1921-D; 1938-D There are no Franklin or Kennedy Half Dollars that 'stand out.'
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All US half dollars dated 1964 and prior are 90% silver (worth about $11 in scrap silver) All US half dollars dated 1965-1970 are 40% silver (worth about $5 in scrap silver) All US half dollars dated 1971-present that are circulating contain no silver and are only worth 50 cents. (The US does strike commemorative half dollars and proof silver half dollars for collectors but these are almost always found in mint packaging, not as a loose half dollar).
His name was John Fitzgerald Kennedy, and the marking on the half dollar is the designer's initials.
It's actually the stylized initials of Gilroy Roberts. He designed the obverse (front) of the Kennedy half dollars. It appears on all Kennedy half dollars.
your 'real' gold will not be real, it will be gold plated. the other metals in your jewellery will be marking your neck.
10 half dollars is 5 dollars.
The AW you see is Adolph A. Weinman's monogram, he designed the coin. It appears on all Walking Liberty half dollars and Mercury Head dimes.
150 x half dollars = 75.00 dollars.
One half of one billion dollars is 500,000,000 dollars.
On the 1964 coin the mint mark, "D", is located on the reverse side (tails) of the coin between the eagle claw and the word "Half". There were no half dollars minted at Philadelphia in 1964.During 1965, 1966 and 1967 there were no mint marks at all on any of the half dollars. Beginning in 1968 the mint mark was place on the obverse side (heads) of the coin and was located above the date and below Kennedy's neck. In 1968, 1969 and 1970, half dollars were only struck at Denver "D" and San Francisco "S". The "S" mint coins were proof strikes. In 1971 half dollars were struck at all 3 mints but "P" for Philadelphia was not placed on the coins until 1980.
In $50.00, there are 100 half dollars.
ten it takes 10 half dollars
The half of 140 is 70
500,000 = half a million