40% silver · 1965–1970
1965–1970 Kennedy half dollar melt value
Between 1965 and 1970 the Kennedy half was struck in a 40% silver clad alloy — the only US circulating coin ever made that way, and a transitional step on the road to no silver at all.
Melt value, one coin
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0.1479 ozt silver · 40% silver
- Silver content
- 0.1479 ozt
- Struck weight
- 11.5 g
- Silver spot
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- Per $1 face
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The silver price shown was recorded when this page was published. Figures calculated from it appear once the live price loads, so nothing here is worked out from a number the market may have left behind.
Value a lot
Count only 1965–1970 kennedy half dollars from 1965–1970. Coins outside those years look similar and hold different silver, or none.
Melt value of the lot
2.958 ozt of silver
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Face value of the lot
What the coins say they are worth
$10.00
Common lots
| Lot | 1965–1970 Kennedy half dollars | Silver | Melt value |
|---|---|---|---|
| $1 faceFour quarters | 2 | 0.30 ozt | — |
| $5 faceA half roll of quarters | 10 | 1.48 ozt | — |
| $10 faceA common small lot | 20 | 2.96 ozt | — |
| $50 faceA half bag | 100 | 14.79 ozt | — |
| $100 faceThe standard trading unit | 200 | 29.58 ozt | — |
Before you sell
A 40% half holds under half the silver of a 1964 one, and dealers price 40% material well below 90% because refining a low-grade alloy costs more per ounce recovered. Sort the two before you sell.
Melt is a ceiling on the metal, not an offer. A buyer pays a share of it, and the spread between two buyers on the same lot is routinely wider than the entire premium difference this site tracks between bullion dealers.
How this is calculated
11.5 g × 40% ÷ 31.1035 = 0.1479 troy ounces of silver, multiplied by the live silver spot price.
The silver weight is derived from how the coin was struck rather than copied from a reference table, and a test pins it to the published figure of 0.1479 ozt.
Other US silver coin series
- Barber dime0.0723 ozt—
- Mercury dime0.0723 ozt—
- Roosevelt dime0.0723 ozt—
- Barber quarter0.1808 ozt—
- Standing Liberty quarter0.1808 ozt—
- Washington quarter0.1808 ozt—
- Barber half dollar0.3617 ozt—
- Walking Liberty half dollar0.3617 ozt—
- Franklin half dollar0.3617 ozt—
- 1964 Kennedy half dollar0.3617 ozt—
- Morgan dollar0.7735 ozt—
- Peace dollar0.7735 ozt—
- Eisenhower silver dollar0.3162 ozt—
- Jefferson war nickel0.0563 ozt—
All 15 silver coin series we value, including the face-value calculator for pricing a mixed lot.