It's worth at least $10 (as of 3 July 2012) for its silver content. As far as collector value, that depends on factors such as the date, mint mark, and condition.
At current silver prices, a '61 Franklin half is worth just under $10.
If you mean a 1998 Kennedy half dollar, the coin has no silver in it and is worth face value.
Half dollars dated 1964 and earlier are 90% silver and are worth about $11 in silver content. Keep in mind that proof, error, and key date coins may be worth much more than pure silver content. And from 1965-1970 the half dollar was 40% silver and is worth about $4.50 in silver content. Half dollars dated 1971 and later are not silver unless found in a US mint silver proof set. Note that any half dollar made during 1965-69 is only partially silver and is worth about $3. Halves dated 1971 and later contain NO silver and are only worth 50 cents.
No, a silver dollar does not equal a half dollar. Instead, in the USA it equals a full dollar.
A Kennedy Half Dollar that was minted in 2007 and carries a mint mark of "S," was produced in clad and silver. The clad in a proof state is worth: $4; in silver, the value is: $7.00.
The 1956 US half dollar, or Ben Franklin half dollar, is ninety percent silver. Over four million were produced. It is worth between twelve and thirty-five dollars depending on its condition.
.14792 oz of pure silver in a 40% half dollar.
Based solely on a silver price of $33.52 per (troy) ounce, a 40% Kennedy Half is worth $4.9573 in silver. There is .1479 troy ounces of silver in each one.
HALF a dollar - $0.50
A 1969 silver Kennedy half dollar is worth $5 inn perfect condition. The value of the silver is worth $2.87.
At current silver prices, a '61 Franklin half is worth just under $10.
If you mean a 1998 Kennedy half dollar, the coin has no silver in it and is worth face value.
The 1966 Kennedy half dollar is 40% silver and worth about $5.00.
If the coin is a US Kennedy half dollar dated 1974 it has no silver in it and is face value.
Kennedy is on the HALF dollar, not dollar. There were no U.S. silver dollars minted in the 1960s. The '64 Kennedy half is 90% silver and extremely common, currently worth about $10.50 for the silver.
Half dollar minted 1965-70 are 40% silver and currently worth around $4.
It's worth about $15.00 for the silver.