2014-W GOLD Proof High Relief Kennedy Half Dollar - 50th Anniversary in OGP

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We are pleased to offer for sale this 1964-2014 W GOLD Proof High Relief Kennedy Half Dollar - 50th Anniversary Coin  in the original U.S. Mint packaging.  This 50th Anniversary Gold Proof Kennedy Half Dollar was struck in .9999 fine gold (3/4 oz) at the West Point (W) Mint. This commemorative coin  was designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy Half Dollar. The Kennedy Half Dollar was first released in 1964 to honor the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. This coin had a limited mintage of 75,000 and sold out immediately.

• Obverse:
  The design shows a portrait of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the youngest person ever elected to the office. U.S. Mint Sculptor-Engraver Gilroy Roberts based this profile on a portrait prepared for Kennedy's presidential medal. Roberts created his original 1964 design shortly after Kennedy's assassination.
• Reverse:
  The design is based on the Presidential Seal and was done by U.S. Mint Sculptor-Engraver Frank Gasparro. It consists of a heraldic eagle with a shield on its breast, holding a symbolic olive branch and a bundle of 13 arrows. A ring of 50 stars surrounds the design, which gives this coin the distinction of having more stars than any other United States coin ever produced for circulation.