This is the second year of issue for the Kennedy Half Dollar series. This year the Mint changed the composition of circulation strike Kennedy Half Dollars.
From 1965 to 1970 circulation strike Kennedy Halfs were produced from 40% silver and 60% copper nickel.
In 1965, the Mint also introduced Special Mint Sets which contained coins that were struck with a different finish than that of Uncirculated and Proof coins. The Special Mint Sets were only sold to collectors and were produced from 1965 to 1967.
2nd year silver Kennedy even 40 % get nice tones on the 40% silvers there different more rainbow or browning tones..great investment
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The 1965 Kennedy Half Dollar is a good buy because it is a transitionary coin. The 1964 was the only Proof coin minted by the Philadelphia Mint in the Kennedy series. 1965 through 1967 were still produced in Philly, but received no special handling like a Proof coin. Therefore, a coin from these years are known as Special Mint Sets (SMS) and MS65 (Gem grade) or above fetch higher prices. By the way, the silver content was reduced from the 90% Silver 1964 to 40% Silver from 1965 through 1970.
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