Of these, just one has cracked the $150,000 sale barrier. Per PCGS, a 1964 SP68 Kennedy half dollar sold at a 2019 Stack’s Bowers auction for $156,000.

However, when the 1980 Kennedy half dollar was struck on top of a 1979 Susan B. Anthony dollar, the resulting overstrike is worth lots more. This combo coin sold for $22,325 in 2016.

Also, the Kennedy half dollar, first struck within months of the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, was just about the most popular U.S. coin ever minted.

A rare half-dollar coin that was minted to honor President John F. Kennedy after his tragic assassination could fetch over $5,000 today, according to a price guide for collectible coins.

It's the first gold half-dollar and it's been 50 years since the first half-dollar was released in February 1964, only about three months after John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

The Kennedy half dollar was first minted in 1964 in the wake of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy -- the coin's obvious namesake. It was a commemorative issuance made in Kennedy's ...

Of these, just one has cracked the $150,000 sale barrier. Per PCGS, a 1964 SP68 Kennedy half dollar sold at a 2019 Stack’s Bowers auction for $156,000.

1964 Kennedy Half Dollar SP68 (Special Mint Set) With the SP in the title specifying that this particular Kennedy half dollar was issued as part of a special mint set, these examples are regarded to ...