Kennedy Half 50th Anniversary

As a circulation coin, the half has been a dead duck for decades and probably should be retired. A 50th Anniversary special edition would make an excellent way to wrap up the series.
I've always been of the opinion that the half should have been used instead of the quarter for the State and ATB series. It might have perked up interest in using half dollars.

Given how much better the 3" format looks than the standard quarter for ATB designs, it stands to reason that even scaling it up to the half dollar size would have been a great idea. That would have been a pretty nice thing, but we'd see even fewer of them than we already do in circulation. What a cool collection that would make though!

Pardon my ignorance, I don't collect or keep track of what the Mint produces by way of the modern commemorative coins, they actually put a GIRL on a Boy Scout commemorative?

Ed
ANA LM-3175

Unfortunately yes, right in the middle too. Either that or its a boy with perfectly permed long hair and bangs

No, they put a girl on it because we have become a society or politically correct mamby pamby wussies that cave into every special interest group with loud mouthed members of some minority or another screaming and whining about fairness and all that crud. Just my opinion.

As for the actual subject of the thread. I LOVE the Kennedy halves. I do not want to see them stopped. I think a similar approach as was taken with LMCs would be a good idea. 4 reverses chronicling JFKs life. I know that was mentioned in another thread. PT109, Cuban Blockade, JFK at the wall, that kind of thing. Then a new reverse and lets go another 50.

Agreed. Even if boys had a role in girl scouts you would never see a boy on the girl scout design

Oh man, now I don't know which I would be more excited about, a w mint or the 4 reverse idea. Would it be too much to ask for both lol