U.S. Mint coin reference

2001–2025: Kennedy Half Dollar (Copper-Nickel Clad Composition Type)

Copper-nickel clad Kennedy half dollar with the regular Presidential Seal reverse; the special 2026 design is excluded.

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2001-D Kennedy Half Dollar obverse and presidential seal reverse

Coin specifications and design

Years made: 2001–2025

Country: United States

Denomination: Half dollar

Category: Circulating coin

Composition: Cupro-nickel clad: 91.67% copper, 8.33% nickel

Silver fineness: None (not a silver coin)

Silver weight: None

Weight: 11.34 g

Diameter: 30.6 mm

Thickness: 2.15 mm

Edge: Reeded

Designer: Gilroy Roberts / Frank Gasparro

Design identification

Obverse: John F. Kennedy portrait.

Reverse: Presidential seal eagle design on the regular half dollar reverse.

2001–2025: Kennedy Half Dollar (Copper-Nickel Clad Composition Type) history

The regular Kennedy half dollar continued in copper-nickel clad form from 2001 through 2025, with the Presidential Seal reverse by Frank Gasparro. Collector demand increasingly accounted for production as everyday circulation declined.

A special Statue of Liberty design replaces the normal type for 2026, so that year is an interruption rather than a standard Kennedy/Presidential Seal issue. The regular series may resume after the one-year commemoration.