None of the bicentennial Kennedy halves made for general circulation have any silver or are worth more than face value. The 40% silver collectors coins all have the "S" mintmark and were issued only in the 3-piece Silver Bicentennial sets sold from the U.S. Mint. The 40% silver coins have a weight of 11.50 grams.
The 1964 Kennedy half dollar contain 11.25 grams of silver. Kennedy half dollars from 1965 through 1970 contain 4.60 grams of silver.
Eisenhower Dollars were first minted in 1971.Perhaps you are thinking of a 1969 half dollar. 1969 was the last year that the Kennedy Half Dollars had silver. 1965-1969 Kennedy Half Dollars contain 40% silver.
Kennedy half dollars minted between 1965 and 1970 contain 40% silver and are worth around $5 each.
0. Kennedy half dollars in 1964 contain 90% silver. Kennedy half dollars dated 1965-1970 contain 40% silver. 1971-present half dollars contain no silver unless they are in special silver mint sets.
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.
1964 is a very common year for Kennedy silver half dollars. Even uncirculated coins are valued only for the silver they contain, about $8.00 as of today.
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.
Kennedy Half dollars are very common, coins from 1971 to date contain no silver and are only face value.
1964: 90% 1965-70: 40% 1971-present: 0%
Yes. Up till 1964 all US dimes, quarters, halves, and dollars were made 90% silver and the amount in each was in the same ratio as the denominations. So a 90% silver half had exactly twice as much silver as a 90% quarter.
7-8-11>>> 1964 is a very common year for Kennedy silver half dollars. Even uncirculated coins are valued only for the silver they contain, about $12.00
The only US coins made for general circulation after 1964 to have silver are the Kennedy half dollars dated 1965 to 1969, but they only contain 40% silver not 90%