1999 Kennedy Half Dollar Silver Proof

90% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar Proof

In 1999, the United States Mint unveiled special Silver Proof Sets that included the first five quarters from its runaway hit 50 State Quarters Program. The demand and price of these sets skyrocketed to several hundred dollars once they sold out at the Mint. EVERYONE was looking for this set and paying a premium to own it. The largest coin in the set is this Kennedy Half Dollar, struck in highly pure 90% fine silver—an extremely key feature as regular Kennedy Half Dollars issued for circulation in 1999, and those included in the regular non-silver 1999 U.S. Proof Sets, are clad (75% copper/25% nickel).

Collector Demand And Low Mintage Makes These 1999 Silver Kennedy Half Dollars Relatively Scarce

The mintage of this Silver Proof Kennedy Half Dollar is 804,565—which may seem like a lot; but compare that that to the mintage of the non-silver Kennedy Half-Dollar that was part of that year’s regular proof set, which was 2.543 million, and you can see how truly special this unique 90% Silver Kennedy Half Dollar really is! Get yours now!

COIN HIGHLIGHTS:

• SPECIAL SILVER PROOF SET KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR – This Kennedy Half Dollar is from the U.S. Mint’s 1999 Silver Proof Set that was struck to coincide with the introduction of the Mint’s 50 State Quarters Program in 1999.
• POPULAR DESIGN OF A FALLEN PRESIDENT – Featuring U.S. Mint Chief Engraver Gilroy Roberts’ bust of President John F. Kennedy, the Kennedy Half-Dollar was first struck in 1964 and was originally meant to be a one-year-only tribute to the fallen President. It proved to be so popular, however, that the U.S. Mint has issued it every year since. The coin’s reverse is a modified design of the Presidential Seal by Frank Gasparro, who replaced Roberts as the U.S. Mint’s Chief Engraver in 1965.
• STRUCK IN HIGHLY PURE SILVER – Each Kennedy Half Dollar available here was struck at the San Francisco Mint in 11.3 grams of highly pure 90% fine silver and measures 30.6 mm in diameter.
• UNITED STATES LEGAL TENDER – These 1999 Kennedy Half Dollars are 50 cents legal tender.
• GORGEOUS PROOF CONDITION – Your 1999 Kennedy Half Dollar Special was expertly crafted by the mint from hand-selected planchets, polished dies and multiple strikes to produce beautifully frosted details rising over mirror-like fields.
• RELATIVELY LOW MINTAGE – Just 804,565 of these 90% Silver Kennedy Half Dollars were struck in 1999 and were available only in the U.S. Mint’s Silver Proof Set, compared to 2.543 million non-silver Kennedy Half Dollars that were part of that year’s regular proof set.

Struck in 90% fine silver by the San Francisco Mint, this 1999 Kennedy Half Dollar Silver Proof is three times more scarce than non-silver Kennedy Half Dollar Proofs. Sold out at the Mint years ago, this is your chance to add this coin to your collection if you act now!