The plating adds nothing to the value, it actually kills the collectible value of any coin. It still has value but it's just for the silver, about 6 dollars
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7-6-11>>> It's actually a Walking Liberty half dollar. The Mint does NOT make gold half dollars. The coin may have toned or been gold plated, but either way the value is just for the silver, about $12.00.
The US has never made a gold half dollar of any date, it's likely been gold plated take it to a coin dealer for an idea of value.
It's gold plated, but not gold. The good news is that 1942 is a common date for Walking Liberty halves so you can still sell it for its melt value of $5-7 as of 07/2010. In any case, a gold half dollar would have been about the diameter of a pencil eraser, and no gold coins were made for circulation after the US went off the gold standard in 1933.
The Mint does NOT make gold half dollars. The coin has been gold plated. Gold plated Kennedy halves are only face value.
$1. It's not gold, it's gold-plated. These coins were struck in copper-nickel or 40% silver, never in gold.