A portrait of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the youngest-ever-elected president. United States Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts based this profile on a portrait prepared for Kennedy’s presidential medal.
Obverse script
Latin
Obverse lettering
LIBERTY, IN GOD WE TRUST, 1964-2014
Reverse description
Based on the Presidential Seal and was created by United States Mint Sculptor-Engraver Frank Gasparro. It consists of a heraldic eagle with a shield on its breast holding a symbolic olive branch and bundle of 13 arrows.
Reverse script
Latin
Reverse lettering
UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, HALF DOLLAR and ¾ OZ. .9999 FINE GOLD
Edge
Reeded
Mint
W United States Mint of West Point,United States (1973-date)