Coin: cupronickel/copper 50 cent

Museum number:

2-57900a

Permalink:

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Accession number:

Acc.2970

Description:

Uncirculated Kennedy half dollar, 1971, minted in Philadelphia. Obverse: LIBERTY / IN GOD / WE TRUST / -date - Kennedy bust facing left. Reverse: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / HALF DOLLAR - eagle with shield on chest and banner in beak, clutching olive branches and arrows.

Donor:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr. and Roberta Elliot Neustadter

Collection place:

Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Production place:

Philadelphia Mint, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Culture or time period:

United States Historic

Collector:

Newton Henry Neustadter Jr.

Collection date:

1972

Materials:

Cupro-nickel

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coins (money) and Half dollars

Function:

7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers

Production date:

1972

Accession date:

1973

Department:

Nonnative US and Canada (except California)