USA ½ Dollar 1964 Kennedy Half Dollar Philadelphia. Averse: Portrait of John F. Kennedy to the left. date below. Lettering: LIBERTY GR IN GOD WE TRUST 1964. Reverse: 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. Lettering: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM FG HALF DOLLAR. Edge Reeded. Silver. KM 202