Gary's 20th Century Type Set
50c BICENTENNIAL SILVER 1976

Owner Comments:

In October of 1973, The Treasury Department announced a contest whereby contestants would submit their designs for commemorative reverses on the quarter-dollar, half-dollar, and dollar coins to celebrate the Bicentennial of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The winning design for the Kennedy Half-Dollar, offered by Seth G. Huntington, features an image of Independence Hall. To the left of Independence Hall is the phrase, “200 years of Freedom” and the right the motto “E Pluribus Unum”. Underneath Independence Hall is the words “Independence Hall” with 13 stars in a semi circle. The date on the obverse of the coin minted in 1975 and 1976 is the 200-year dual date 1776-1976. This 40% silver clad MS-67, 1976-S Kennedy Half-Dollar has uniform luster and a strong strike. Also minted at San Francisco with the bicentennial three-coin silver uncirculated set was the bicentennial three-coin silver proof set.