With the date of 1979 the coin is a Kennedy half dollar, it's worth 50 cents.
It's worth 50 cents.
50 cents.
That's Ben Franklin, not Thomas Jefferson, and it's worth about $13 as of 28 Feb. 2012.
Jefferson's image appears on the Jefferson nickel. Half dollars minted from 1948 to 1963 carried a picture of Benjamin Franklin.
It is worth around $1.
The U.S. half dollar has never been made of gold. What you probably have is a gold-plated 1979 half-dollar. It's not really worth much above face value.
With a date of 1979 the coin has no silver in it. 1969 was the last 40% silver circulating US half dollar. The coin is worth 50 cents.
A US half dollar with a date of 1979 is a Kennedy half dollar not a liberty half dollar. The coin has no silver and is only face value.
Please take another look. That's Benjamin Franklin on the half dollar. Jefferson is on the US nickel.
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A 1969-S proof half dollar - aka - Kennedy Half Dollar is worth: $7.00.