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I was recently asked this question in my role as a professional coin dealer with current experience which started over 30 years ago. While I have no specific knowledge of this particular issue , I can offer an educated guess. Over the past 30+ year a practice has arisen of foreign governments, usually, but not only, from poorer countries to contract with private mints to produce coins with a face value which, from date of issuance, have an intrinsic value (the value of the metal from which the coin is made) which is significantly lower than the issue price. A royalty is paid to the issuing country. The coin cannot be spent in the issuing country. In fact if you were to attempt to spend it in the issuing country it would not be recognized as "real money". The premium attached is intended to induce a sentimental valuation based on the subject beingcommemorated or honored. In every instance that I know of, that actual current value of the coin is equal to nothing more than the value of the metal from which the coin is made.
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What coin was John F. Kennedy in?
On the Kennedy half dollar
What coin is John Kennedy's face on?
The half dollar.
What president is on the 50 cent coin?
The president on the 50 cent coin is John F. Kennedy.
What coin is the 35th president on?
The 35th President of the US, John F. Kennedy, is on the half dollar coin
Whats on the back of a half dollar coin?
Half Dollar: Eagle also John F. Kennedy
What is the value John F Kennedy Gold Coin 1961 1963?
jfk kennedy coin july 1963 half dollar is priceless
Where is the mint mark on a 1971 John F. Kennedy silver dollar?
Please check the denomination of the coin. A 1971 One Dollar coin is an EISENHOWER dollar not a JFK dollar. Kennedy is only on Half Dollars. No matter what coin it actually is, both are just face value.
Whose picture is on the U.S. half dollar coin?
Currently John Kennedy id on the US half dollar.
Is John Kennedy on a US coin?
Yes. A new half-dollar was issued in his honor beginning in 1964.
How much are the John F. Kennedy silver dollars worth?
There's no such coin. JFK is on the half dollar.
When was Franklin D. Roosevelt put on the half dollar?
Never. The coin is called a Kennedy half dollar because it depicts President John F. Kennedy. The dime is called a Roosevelt dime because IT's the coin that shows FDR.
Which us president was on the fifty cent coin in 1964?
That was the first year John F. Kennedy was on the half dollar.
