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1/2 Dollar 50th Anniversary of Kennedy Half Dollar: Gold Issue
| Issuer | United States Mint |
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| Year | 2014 |
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| Reference(s) | KM#587 |
| Obverse description | Left-facing portrait bust of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, modeled by Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts after the Presidential Medal portrait. The effigy occupies the central field with the legend LIBERTY arching above and the motto IN GOD WE TRUST positioned to the lower left. The commemorative date range 1964-2014 appears in the lower field, marking the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Half Dollar series. |
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| Obverse lettering | LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, 1964-2014 |
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Authorized under Public Law 113-6, this coin was struck to mark fifty years since the original 1964 Kennedy half dollar — itself rushed into production less than three months after the assassination in Dallas, with Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro completing the design in extraordinary haste. The 2014 gold issue was the first time Kennedy had appeared on a U.S. gold coin.
Mintage was capped at 50,000 across all finishes combined, and the coins sold out rapidly upon release. The obverse die was deliberately modeled on the original 1964 high-relief portrait rather than the flattened version used for subsequent circulation strikes.