What building appeared on the reverse of the 1976 Bicentennial Kennedy half dollar?

Independence Hall appeared on the reverse of the 1976 Bicentennial Kennedy half dollar.

The building was chosen because it was the Pennsylvania State House when the Declaration of Independence was adopted in Philadelphia. It later became known as Independence Hall and also hosted the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The structure therefore connects the Revolution, independence, and the creation of the federal government.

Seth G. Huntington designed the reverse used for the special half dollar. The obverse retained John F. Kennedy’s portrait, and every Bicentennial quarter, half dollar, and dollar carried the dual date 1776–1976 rather than a single year.

Independence Hall is sometimes confused with Carpenters’ Hall, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774. It is also distinct from the United States Capitol, which was built later in Washington, D.C. The three Bicentennial coins deliberately used different national symbols: a drummer, Independence Hall, and the Liberty Bell with the Moon.