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The Kennedy Half Dollar is the longest serving design on the denomination in the history of American coinage. With a debut in 1964, the type has remained unchanged for over sixty years, with the lone exception of the nation’s bicentennial coinage in 1975 and 1976. This design type also boasts the record as being the only one struck in five different compositions and issued in such formats for commerce.
The obverse of the coin bears a left-facing profile of John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. The reverse illustrates an adaptation of the Great Seal of the United States in a circle of fifty stars with each star representing one of the Union’s fifty States. The design replaced the short-lived Benjamin Franklin type that was last struck in 1963.
