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One 40% Kennedy half dollar contains .14792 oz of pure silver.

The silver proof coins were struck on 90% silver planchets and contain .36169 troy ounces of silver.

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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.


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Now Kennedy's face is on the half dollar?

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