1964 Kennedy Half Dollar. Proof-69 Ultra Cameo (NGC).A virtually perfect Superb Gem with brilliant, fully struck, boldly cameoed surfaces. Designed by Gilroy Roberts and Frank Gasparro, the Kennedy half dollar debuted in 1964 in honor of the assassinated president. This is a conditionally scarce survivor of the premier Proof of the type, an issue with a mintage of 3,950,762 pieces.