1938-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar
Comments OffThe 1938-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar is considered one of the key dates of the series. Amidst the surrounding issues which have mintages well into the millions, the 1938-D had a mintage of only 491,600. This represents the third lowest for the series behind the 1921 and 1921-D issues.
Around the time of issue, collectors and [...]
Walking Liberty Half Design
Comments OffThe history of the Walking Liberty Half Dollar began with the announcement of a public competition to select a new design for the fifty cent denomination. This was the direct result of Presidents Roosevelt’s discontent with the current coin designs, which he had expressed a decade earlier. By 1916, all gold denominations had been replaced [...]
1936 Proof Walking Liberty Half Dollar
Comments OffThe 1936 Proof Walking Liberty Half Dollar was the first regular proof coin issued for the series. The Mint had resumed the production of proof coins for collectors this year, selling each denomination individually or as part of a full 1936 Proof Set. The mintage for the proof half dollar was the second lowest of [...]
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 [...]