Portrait of John F. Kennedy to the left, date below.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
LIBERTY
GR
IN GOD WE TRUST
1964
Engraver: Gilroy Roberts
Modified presidential seal of the United States of America: A shield (with vertical stripes) on the chest of an American eagle. The eagle holds an olive branch on its right talon and a bundle of thirteen arrows on its left, and in its beak a scroll with "E PLURIBUS UNUM". A circle of stars surrounds the eagle.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
E PLURIBUS UNUM
FG
HALF DOLLAR
Translation:
United States of America
Out of Many, One
FG
Half Dollar
Engraver: Frank Gasparro
Reeded