KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR US COIN 1964 3D print model

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KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR US COIN, MINTED IN 1964 DIAMETER: 30.6 MILLIMETERS THICKNESS: 2.16 MILLIMETERS MASS: COPPER-NICKEL CLAD: 11.34 GRAMS 40% SILVER CLAD: 11.50 GRAMS 90% SILVER: 12.50 GRAMS 2014 GOLD: 23.33 GRAMS DIAMETER: 30.6 MILLIMETERS THICKNESS: 2.15 MILLIMETERS THE KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR, ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES MINT, WAS FIRST STRUCK IN 1964 TO HONOR PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY AFTER HIS TRAGIC DEATH. CONGRESS AUTHORIZED THE COIN JUST OVER A MONTH AFTER THE EVENT. DESIGNERS GILROY ROBERTS AND FRANK GASPARRO WORKED QUICKLY ON THE COINS, WHICH WERE THEN RELEASED FOR STRIKING IN JANUARY 1964. KENNEDY HALF DOLLARS FEW IN CIRCULATION AFTER BEING RELEASED IN MARCH 1964, ATTRACTING COLLECTORS AND THOSE WHO HOARDED THEM AS MEMORABILIA OF THE LATE PRESIDENT. ALTHOUGH THE MINT BOOSTED PRODUCTION TO MEET DEMAND, THIS DENOMINATION RARELY SHOWS UP IN CIRCULATION. CHANGING ECONOMIC TRENDS RESULTING FROM RISING SILVER PRICES FUELED CONTINUED HOOING OF THESE EARLY COINS AND MANY HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SILVER VALUE. STARTING WITH THE 1965-DATED VERSION, SILVER WAS REDUCED FROM 90% TO 40% (SILVER CLAD). IN DESPITE THIS CHANGE, CIRCULATION WERE NOT COMMONPLACE. IN 1971, THE USE OF SILVER IN KENNEDY COINS WAS CEASED ALTOGETHER. AS A HISTORICAL TOKEN OF AMERICAN HERITAGE, A SPECIAL BICENTENNIAL EDITION COIN FOR THE HALF-DOLLAR SERIES WAS DESIGNED IN 1975. THIS BELLWETHER EDITION WAS PRODUCED ON BEHALF OF THE MINT IN 1992 AND WAS USED IN THE COLLECTOR'S SILVER CLAD VERSION OF THAT COIN. IN AN UNFORGETTABLE TURN OF EVENTS, A SPECIAL 2014 VERSION OF THE KENNEDY HALF-DOLLAR IS MELTED WITH GOLD FROM ONE PIECE OF JEWELRY MADE INTO ONE 23.33-GRAM JEWEL. EXPERTS RECALL EVEN AFTER LOTS ARE AVAILABLE ON SHOPS TODAY'S HIGH IN CIRCULATION DUE TO THE HIGH DECENTRALIZATION RATE SEEN SINCE 2002 WHEN NO HALF-DOLLARS COINS ARE STAMPED UNLESS DEMAND ARRIVES FROM COLLECTION COMPANIES, THE DENOMINATION IS TREATED WITH PRIDE.