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So are Kennedy coins minted after 1970 and not including any silver worth anything more than 50 cents? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.58.82.135 (talk) 20:54, 19 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Design change

The Design for the Kennedy half dollar changed sometime between 1982 and 1992 the back became less raised and more flat. Does anybody know when this happened?

Over the last few decades, the US Mint has been saving money on production costs by gradually reducing the relief of all coin designs. Compare a 1965 quarter to a 1998 quarter, or 1968 penny to a 1998 penny. This has been happening for forty years, and the half dollar is not excepted. - Deeplogic (talk) 17:09, 18 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not all

The article incorrectly stated that all Kennedy halves minted in San Francisco were proofs. There was one exception; the 3 piece Bicentennial uncirculated set were minted in San Francisco, and the Kennedy half included was in fact a normal business strike. Corrected the article to reflect that. 75.70.123.215 (talk) 18:51, 13 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Proofs

Do proofs from '92 onwards actually have a the same silver content as the '64 coins? Not according to coinfacts.com: www.coinfacts.com/half_dollars/kennedy_half_dollars/1992s_half_dollar_silver.htm. I've seen many websites selling '92 onwards proof, claiming they are 90% silver. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.96.42.6 (talk) 09:13, 27 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Statue of Liberty 1986

I was surprised to find a half dollar coin from 1986 with the Statue of Liberty on it. I got it at the bank inside a roll of Kennedy half dollars. It is significantly lighter than the Kennedy half dollar, but it is marked as it if its honest to goodness US coinage. I thought this might be in commemoration of the Statue's anniversary and restoration. Does anyone know anything about this coin? Is it considered a Kennedy half dollar? Is it a Liberty half dollar? Should we mention it in this article? --ErinHowarth (talk) 23:35, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's actually a commemorative and is listed properly here. (bigger image) Nice find in a roll! Someone's kid probably swiped it for smokes or something... ack! Bobby ^{I'm Here, Are You There?} 00:21, 18 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

infobox

the other us coin pages have infoboxes, that would be an improvememtn to this article. --ErinHowarth (talk) 23:40, 17 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This article is missing the specifications of the Kennedy half dollar for the first year, 1964. The first year, 1964, is supposed to be 90% silver. There are no specs regarding the 1964 silver half dollar. The article itself mentions how 1964 had 90% silver. However, there are no specs regarding gross weight in grams, etc..., for the 1964 90% silver Kennedy half dollar. Mr-Encyclopedia-Man (talk) 21:04, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

That should not be a major issue, I'll add it later today. Just need to look up the specs on the coin world website.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:50, 6 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It's in there now. I apologize for the ugliness, my colleague RHM22 is better at these things than I am, I will ask him for help with this. He hasn't been on much recently.--Wehwalt (talk) 00:48, 7 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for adding that. I would have done it myself but I rarely add any major content to WikiPedia. I am not familiar with Wiki's editing format. Right now I am too busy to learn it but eventually I'll start adding more content than just simple additions.Mr-Encyclopedia-Man (talk) 02:44, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would not call our editing platform intuitive, but it's not terrible, just rather old fashioned. It reminds me of Scripsit, actually. Please let me know when you are ready to do more stuff in this area, especially if with the coins, where we can use help.--Wehwalt (talk) 18:54, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I've modified it slightly, but it's still confusing. I'm not sure I can do much better, since the Kennedy half dollar has such a confusing history. They just can't decide on what metals they want to use!-RHM22 (talk) 20:19, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion for inclusion: The "real eyes" light effect.

I have discovered an interesting peculiarity in the Kennedy half dollar, which, to the best of my knowledge, is unique for a coin.

When a strong source of light (I've been using a 40w spot light) hits the coin from an angle of 45 degrees (coming from the right), the Kennedy figure suddenly "acquires" extraordinarily "real" eyes. This might be worth inclusion. I will leave the authors of the article to judge this.

http://i46.tinypic.com/hrzksx.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUYZlc6z8yg&