1921 Walking Liberty Half Dollars
Comments OffThe 1921-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar has the lowest mintage for the series overall, but the 1921-S Walking Liberty Half Dollar emerges as a greater rarity in higher grades.
All three issues for 1921 have low mintages with 246,000 coins struck at the Philadelphia Mint, 208,000 coins struck at the Denver Mint, and 548,000 coins struck [...]
1919-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar
Comments OffThe 1919-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar does not have a particularly low mintage, however gem graded examples represent a great rarity for the series.
There were a total of 1,165,000 half dollars struck at the Denver Mint in 1919. The coins subsequently saw heavy circulation, narrowing the survival of pristine examples. Furthermore, consistently weak strikes and [...]
Proof Walking Liberty Half Dollars
Comments OffAlthough a few satin proofs have been rumored to exist for 1916 and 1917, the first true Proof Walking Liberty Half Dollars struck for collectors in 1936. This began a brief era of proof coin production, which continued until 1942. Proof coins were struck at the Philadelphia Mint and sold to collectors individually by denomination [...]
Walking Liberty Half Specifications
Comments OffAll Walking Liberty Half Dollars struck between 1916 and 1947 were made from a composition of 90% silver and 10% copper. When in uncirculated condition, these half dollars should weigh 12.50 grams (193 grains) with a diameter of 30.6 mm. All coins are struck on planchets with a reeded edge.
The Walking Liberty Half Dollar was [...]
Walking Liberty Half Dollar Mintage
Comments OffThe mintage figures for the Walking Liberty Half Dollar varied over the course of the series. From 1916 to 1947 the mintage low occurred with the 1921-D at 208,000 coins, and the mintage high occurred in 1943 when 53,190,000 coins were minted.
There were a total of nine different issues with a mintage of less than [...]