No US dollar coins were struck in 1949. 1935 was the last year for a US silver dollar.
Silver halves were minted in 1949 along with quarters and dimes.
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All U.S. half dollars from 1840 to 1964 contain .36169oz of silver.
The last true silver dollars were made in 1935. That year marked the end of 90% silver dollars. The next silver dollars were made in 1971. These were Eisenhower dollars. They are not made of silver but rather of copper and nickel.
The U.S. didn't mint any dollar coins in 1949, or the 1940s at all. However, Canada DID mint dollars in 1949.
The U.S. didn't mint any silver dollars in the 1940s.
The only Kennedy half-dollars after 1971 to have any silver are in Bicentennial (40%) silver Proof and Unciculated sets sold from the Mint. In 1992 the Mint started making "Silver Proof" sets again with 90% silver coins.