The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf is renowned for ... The most valuable Kennedy Half Dollars are 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar (Accented Hair variety), 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar (90% silver), 1965–1970 ...

The Kennedy half dollar was first minted in 1964 in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy — the coin’s obvious namesake. It was a commemorative issuance made in Kennedy ...

One of the smaller effects of JFK’s assassination is that the government put his image on half dollar coins beginning in 1964. Those coins permanently replaced the Benjamin Franklin 50-cent ...