All half dollars issued in 1964 and years prior had 11.4 grams or almost 2/5th an ounce of silver in each. To calculate how much a silver half dollar melt value is, use the following equation and data inputs.
How much is a troy ounce of silver worth?
For example, the day of publishing this article, the silver spot price is $19.30 X 0.362 troy ounce silver half dollar content = $6.99 silver half dollar melt value. Although today’s circulating half dollars have a ‘silvery’ polish, they don’t contain any pure silver at all.
Why was silver removed from half dollar coins?
The 89 th US Congress enacted the Coinage Act of 1965 in response to the growing value of pure silver and the resulting rise in minting costs. Under this Act, the USA eliminated silver from all circulating half dollars (50¢) and quarter-dollar (25¢) coins.
