50 cents for the underlying copper-nickel coin and a couple of cents for the gold plating added by a private company before they sold it at a high markup as a so-called "collectible".
NO Kennedy halves were ever struck in gold. Among other things they'd be worth hundreds of dollars and even the densest bureaucrat wouldn't give people $200 or $300 coins for 50 cents.
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