What is the diameter of a Walking Liberty half dollar?

30.63 mm
Walking Liberty half dollar

Obverse
Value	50 cents (0.50 US dollars)
Mass	12.50 g
Diameter	30.63 mm
Thickness	1.8 mm

What is the diameter of a Kennedy half?

30.6 mm
Kennedy half dollar

Obverse
Mass	Copper-nickel clad: 11.34 g 40% silver clad: 11.50 g 90% silver: 12.50 g 2014 gold: 23.33 g
Diameter	30.6 mm
Thickness	2.15 mm
Edge	reeded

What is the diameter of a half dollar?

30.61 mm
Coin Specifications

Denomination	Cent	Half Dollar
Weight	2.500 g	11.340 g
Diameter	0.750 in. 19.05 mm	1 Who was the first president to get a half dollar? Numismatists believe this version of the 1964 proof Kennedy half dollar is the first to have been struck. President Kennedy’s wife, Jacqueline, felt the hair detail was too strong on this variety. She requested a softening of the hairlines, which is how most 1964 Kennedy half dollars were produced. What kind of silver is in a half dollar? The new half dollars retained their silvery appearance, due to the outer layer being 80% silver and 20% copper. The coin was also minted with an inner layer of 21% silver and 79% copper. When was the last US half dollar made? The designs from 1794 to 1947 showed a woman symbolizing liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. 1947 was the last year that Liberty appeared on a U.S. circulating coin. From 1916 to 1947, the Mint produced the “Walking Liberty” half dollar designed by Adolph A. Weinman. What kind of silver was the 1964 half dollar made out of? The original 1964 version was minted in 90% silver, the 1965-1970 versions were only 40% silver (note silver coins from 1970 can only be found in silver proof sets and similar as the government never released them into actual circulation).

Denomination

Cent

Half Dollar

Weight

2.500 g

11.340 g

Diameter

0.750 in. 19.05 mm

Who was the first president to get a half dollar?

Numismatists believe this version of the 1964 proof Kennedy half dollar is the first to have been struck. President Kennedy’s wife, Jacqueline, felt the hair detail was too strong on this variety. She requested a softening of the hairlines, which is how most 1964 Kennedy half dollars were produced.

What kind of silver is in a half dollar?

The new half dollars retained their silvery appearance, due to the outer layer being 80% silver and 20% copper. The coin was also minted with an inner layer of 21% silver and 79% copper.

When was the last US half dollar made?

The designs from 1794 to 1947 showed a woman symbolizing liberty on the obverse and an eagle on the reverse. 1947 was the last year that Liberty appeared on a U.S. circulating coin. From 1916 to 1947, the Mint produced the “Walking Liberty” half dollar designed by Adolph A. Weinman.

What kind of silver was the 1964 half dollar made out of?

The original 1964 version was minted in 90% silver, the 1965-1970 versions were only 40% silver (note silver coins from 1970 can only be found in silver proof sets and similar as the government never released them into actual circulation).