What is a Kennedy half dollar 1964?

The Kennedy Half Dollar 1964 is an important U.S. coin to collect. This edition is highly prized by US coin collectors for being its first year of issue. It is also a very common coin and available in excellent condition. So, if we want it to fetch a top price, we need it to be practically new (uncirculated or rarely handled).

How many 1964 half dollar coins were minted?

It’s a common American coin, with a total circulation of well over 400 million units, although not all of them were made for circulation. In total, these 1964 half dollar coins were minted at two different Mints, and one of them, the Philadelphia Mint, also minted PROOF pieces for the collector market.

Why was the 1964 Kennedy half dollar frozen?

To reduce hoarding of the 1964 Kennedy half dollar, congress approved freezing of the date until further notice. Although the Philadelphia Mint produced over 273 million 1964 Kennedy half dollars, only 87,448,004 coins were struck that year. The rest got minted in 1965 and 1966, but they kept the date 1964.