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Kennedy half dollar
First issued in March 1964.
What our records show
- For 1964–1974, 1977–2025, the years this site covers for this design, our table has production figures for 25 of 60 years; 35 years are not published in the sources we checked (1966, 1971, 1980–1998, 2012–2025).
- Facilities in the record, with the mark their coins carried: Philadelphia: no mint mark (1964, 1972–1974, 1977–1979), then P (1999–2011); Denver: D (1964), then no mint mark (1965, 1967), then D (1968–1970, 1972–1974, 1977–1979, 1999–2011); San Francisco: no mint mark (1965).
- What the figures count: coins bearing the date (1964 and 1965); coins struck each calendar year for circulation, proofs counted separately (annual reports); for 1970 at Denver, coins struck for uncirculated sets (annual report); circulating production each calendar year, without proof or uncirculated-set coins (archived Mint production pages).
- Standard coins dated 1965 to 1967 carry no mint mark; from 1968 marks returned on the obverse, and from 1980 Philadelphia's coins carry a P.
“A temporary reverse featuring Independence Hall in Philadelphia appeared in 1975 and 1976 to celebrate the bicentennial of the Declaration of Independence.”
“The average silver content is 40 percent of the standard gross weight, or 4.6 grams of silver.”
“In 1971, the Mint removed silver from the half dollar and the composition became copper-nickel clad.”
“Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.”
Metal, weight and size, where a Mint table dates it
| Coin years | Specification and source |
|---|---|
| 1964 | Metal: 90% silver, 10% copper · Weight: 12.5 g · Diameter: 30.61 mm Silver: 11.25 g (our calculation: 12.5 g × 90% silver); 0.3617 troy oz (our conversion: grams ÷ 31.1035, rounded to 4 places). Metal weight, not a value. Source: Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1965, PDF p. 50, Table 14 (coins manufactured during calendar year 1964 and fiscal year 1965): 12.5 g, 1.205 in. Covers coins manufactured during calendar year 1964 (fiscal 1965 annual report, Table 14). |
| 1965–1967 | No specification dated to these years in the sources we checked. |
| 1968–1970 | Metal: 3-layer composite: outer 80% silver, 20% copper bonded to a core of about 20% silver, 80% copper · Weight: 11.5 g · Diameter: 30.61 mm The table's footnote: average silver content 40 percent of the standard gross weight, or 4.6 grams of silver. Silver: 4.6 g (grams: the Mint's own figure); 0.1479 troy oz (our conversion: grams ÷ 31.1035, rounded to 4 places). Metal weight, not a value. Sources: Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1968, PDF p. 62 (printed p. 53), Table 1B; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1969, PDF p. 34 (printed p. 23), Table 1B; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1970, PDF p. 36 (printed p. 22), Table 5; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1971, PDF p. 254 (printed p. 242), Table LVII. Covers the coins each annual report lists as currently manufactured in its fiscal year (from fiscal 1977, October to September; before that, July to June). We match each report to the coin year of the same number; the fiscal 1971 report's table is for coins made in calendar 1970. |
| 1971–1972 | No specification dated to these years in the sources we checked. |
| 1973–1974, 1977–1980 | Metal: copper-nickel clad: outer 75% copper, 25% nickel bonded to a core of pure copper · Weight: 11.34 g · Diameter: 30.61 mm Sources: Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1973, PDF p. 66 (printed p. 54), Table 4; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1974, PDF p. 84 (printed p. 72), Table 4; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1977, PDF p. 59 (printed p. 47), Table 4; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1978, PDF p. 59 (printed p. 47), Table 4; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1979, PDF p. 55 (printed p. 43), Table 4; Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal 1980, PDF p. 40 (printed p. 28), Table 4. Covers the coins each annual report lists as currently manufactured in its fiscal year (from fiscal 1977, October to September; before that, July to June). We match each report to the coin year of the same number; the fiscal 1971 report's table is for coins made in calendar 1970. |
| 1981–2025 | No specification dated to these years in the sources we checked. |
Each row covers only the coin years its source establishes. Proof and collector versions can differ and aren't covered.
Current Mint specification (undated; applicability to earlier years not established)
Metal: cupro-nickel clad (8.33% nickel, balance copper) · Weight: 11.34 g · Diameter: 30.61 mm
Source: U.S. Mint, Coin Specifications page (archived October 9, 2024; the page says its content was last updated April 28, 2022). The page doesn't say which years' coins it describes.
How many were made
| Year | Philadelphia | Denver | San Francisco no mint mark | What the figure counts, and notes | Source (see list below) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 277,254,766 no mint mark | 156,205,446 D | none in this row's coverage | coins bearing this date Counts coins bearing the date 1964, struck from January 1964 into 1966. “Coins bearing the 1964 date were manufactured from Jan. 1964 through Apr. 1966, inclusive.” (Mint report) Philadelphia's figure includes 3,950,762 proof coins. – : the Mint's record of coins bearing this date shows none from that facility. | 1 |
| 1965 | none in this row's coverage | 63,049,366 no mint mark | 2,830,000 | coins bearing this date Counts coins bearing the date 1965. “Coins bearing the 1965 date were manufactured from Aug. 1965 through July 1966, inclusive. Beginning on Aug. 1, 1966, the first coins to bear the date "1966" will be manufactured.” (Mint report) San Francisco's figure includes special mint set coins. – : the Mint's record of coins bearing this date shows none from that facility. | 2 |
| 1966 | Not published in the sources we checked. No calendar-year or dated table for 1966 in the reports we could download. | ||||
| 1967 | none in this row's coverage | 295,046,978 no mint mark | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 3 |
| 1968 | none in this row's coverage | 246,951,930 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 4 |
| 1969 | none in this row's coverage | 129,881,800 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 5 |
| 1970 | none in this row's coverage | 2,150,000 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for uncirculated sets, not for circulation The report says Denver's 1970 half dollars were “Produced for inclusion in uncirculated sets with overrun for replacement of lost sets.” (Mint report) – : none from that facility in the report's table. | 6 |
| 1971 | Not published in the sources we checked. The fiscal 1972 report, which would hold the 1971 calendar-year table, is not in the FRASER files we could download. | ||||
| 1972 | 153,180,000 no mint mark | 141,890,000 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 7 |
| 1973 | 64,964,000 no mint mark | 83,171,400 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 8 |
| 1974 | 126,606,000 no mint mark | 64,625,000 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation This is 1974 calendar-year production, not the full count of 1974-dated coins: the 1975 report says some of its 1975 production was also dated 1974. “Includes 161,680,710 Bicentennial dollars, 378,514,000 Bicentennial half dollars, and 816,568,000 Bicentennial quarters. Other coins of these denominations were dated 1974. Coins of other denominations were dated 1975.” (Mint report) – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 9 |
| 1977 | 43,598,000 no mint mark | 31,449,106 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 10 |
| 1978 | 14,350,000 no mint mark | 13,765,799 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 11 |
| 1979 | 68,312,000 no mint mark | 15,815,422 D | none in this row's coverage | struck that calendar year for circulation – : none from that facility in the report's general-circulation table. Proof and collector coins aren't in that table, so a dash doesn't mean the facility made no coins. | 12 |
| 1980–1998 | Not published in the sources we checked. No calendar-year or dated counts in the sources we checked. The annual reports we could read for fiscal 1982 to 1988, 1990 and 1992 count coins manufactured by fiscal year, not by calendar year or date, so their figures can't be matched to the date on a coin; the text of the fiscal 1997 and 1999 reports has no calendar-year coin table either. The other reports for these years were image-only scans we didn't transcribe, or failed to download. | ||||
| 1999 | 8,900,000 P | 10,682,000 D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 13 |
| 2000 | 22,600,000 P | 19,466,000 D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 14 |
| 2001 | 21,200,000 P | 19,504,000 D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 15 |
| 2002 | 3,100,000 P | 2,500,000 D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 16 |
| 2003 | 2,500,000 P | 2,500,000 D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 17 |
| 2004 | 2,900,000 P | 2,900,000 D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 18 |
| 2005 | 3.80 million P | 3.50 million D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 19 |
| 2006 | 2.40 million P | 2.00 million D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 20 |
| 2007 | 2.40 million P | 2.40 million D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 21 |
| 2008 | 1.70 million P | 1.70 million D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 22 |
| 2009 | 1.90 million P | 1.90 million D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 23 |
| 2010 | 1.80 million P | 1.70 million D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 24 |
| 2011 | 1.75 million P | 1.70 million D | none in this row's coverage | circulating production that calendar year “Since 2002, half dollars have been minted primarily for annual coin sets and other numismatic products. However, the Federal Reserve may still order them for circulation.” (U.S. Mint) – : the Mint's production pages cover circulating coins from Denver and Philadelphia only; proof and collector coins made elsewhere aren't shown. | 25 |
| 2012–2025 | Not published in the sources we checked. The Mint's current production-figures page shows a browser challenge to automated requests, and the archived copies we found don't include these years. | ||||
- Mint annual report, FRASER file 1967, PDF p. 145 (printed p. 135), table C50
- Mint annual report, FRASER file 1967, PDF p. 151, table C56
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1968, PDF p. 75, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1967
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1969, PDF p. 48, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1968
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1970, PDF p. 56, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1969
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1971, PDF p. 50, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1970
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1973, PDF p. 87, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1972
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1974, PDF p. 108, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1973
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1975, PDF p. 104, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1974
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1978, PDF p. 87, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1977
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1979, PDF p. 83, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1978
- Mint annual report, fiscal 1980, PDF p. 68, U.S. coins manufactured, calendar year 1979
- Mint production page, 1999 (archived), January 1999 through December 1999
- Mint production page, 2000 (archived), January 2000 through December 2000
- Mint production page, 2001 (archived), January 2001 through December 2001
- Mint production page, 2002 (archived), January 2002 through December 2002
- Mint production page, 2003 (archived), January 2003 through December 2003
- Mint production page, 2004 (archived), January 2004 through December 2004
- Mint production page, 2005 (archived), January 2005 through December 2005
- Mint production page, 2006 (archived), January 2006 through December 2006
- Mint production page, 2007 (archived), January 2007 through December 2007
- Mint production page, 2008 (archived), January 2008 through December 2008
- Mint production page, 2009 (archived), January 2009 through December 2009
- Mint production page, 2010 (archived), January 2010 through December 2010
- Mint production page, 2011 (archived), January 2011 through December 2011
Where the mint mark is
“So, no mint marks appeared on circulating coins from 1965 to 1967.” (U.S. Mint) (This applies to the standard circulating coins dated 1965 to 1967.)
“When mint marks returned in 1968, they were placed on the obverse, after having previously been on the reverse of coins.” (U.S. Mint)
Sources
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint (FRASER file usmint_1967_annual-report.pdf). Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1968. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1969. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1970. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1971. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1973. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1974. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1975. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended September 30, 1978. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended September 30, 1979. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended September 30, 1980. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Coin Production Figures (U.S. Mint, 1999-2012 site). United States Mint (archived copy).
- Half Dollar (U.S. Mint, Circulating Coins). United States Mint (archived copy).
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended June 30, 1965. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Annual Report of the Director of the Mint, fiscal year ended September 30, 1977. Bureau of the Mint, hosted by FRASER, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
- Coin Specifications (U.S. Mint). United States Mint (archived copy).
Figures and quotes checked against their sources on October 12, 2026.