FREE: “FREE SHIPPING” 1977 "FG" KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR

The listing, “FREE SHIPPING” 1977 "FG" KENNEDY HALF DOLLAR has ended.

Composition: Copper-Nickel Clad Copper
Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
Item Type: Kennedy Half Dollar
Strike Type: Business Condition: Used
Mint Location: Philadelphia

MARKINGS: “FG” Frank Gasparro, who designed the coin.

Ever since the end of World War II, people of the extreme right-wing persuasion worried about a Communist takeover of the United States government. This reached a fever pitch during the 1950s with the McCarthy Senate Hearings on Communists in the government and entertainment industry. After President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, a new conspiracy theory surfaced. Claims were that markings on the U.S. dime and half-dollar indicated that the Communists had infiltrated the government.

After John F. Kennedy was assassinated; a half dollar coin was minted in his honor. People noticed that at the base of his likeness, there was a symbol that appeared to be a hammer and sickle, which was the symbol of Communism and was also seen on the U.S.S.R. flag.
Since Kennedy was considered a liberal, this Communist symbol—along with Stalin's initials on the Roosevelt dime—served to prove that the Reds were on the verge of taking over the country, through infiltrating the government and U.S. Mint. Many people were alarmed by this.
The hammer and sickle was really a script rendition of the letters GR for Gilroy Roberts, who designed the Kennedy half dollar.
Many conspiracy addicts would never accept these facts until the Soviet Union disintegrated and world-wide Communism was no longer a threat.

Never clean your coins not even with vinegar or brass so or any other chemical, leave them exactly as they are. Any attempt at improving their appearance lowers value. Collectors seek only original condition coins and avoid examples that have been cleaned.

They make great gifts for kids or great for the beginner collector.

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