Collectors’ Guide to Kennedy Half Dollars
Still Going Strong After 55 Years; Are They The Morgan Dollars of the 21st Century? Updated Sept. 17, 2019 President John F. Kennedy lost his life to an assassin on Nov. 22, 1963. The Franklin half dollar series was only 15 years old—introduced in 1948—and an 1890 law required Congressional approval for design changes. Nonetheless, …