Portrait of John F. Kennedy to the left, date below.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
1964
Reverse description
Modified presidential seal of the United States of America: A shield (with vertical stripes) on the chest of an American eagle. The eagle holds an olive branch on its right talon and a bundle of thirteen arrows on its left, and in its beak a scroll with `E PLURIBUS UNUM`. A circle of stars surrounds the eagle.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
FG
HALF DOLLAR (Translation: United States of America Out of Many, One FG Half Dollar)
Edge
Reeded
Mint
United States Mint of Philadelphia, United States (1792-date) D United States Mint of Denver,United States (1906-date)