1916-1947 Walking Liberty Half Dollars
The 1938-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) is considered one of the semi-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. Around the time of […]
The history of the Walking Liberty Half Dollar began with the announcement of a public competition to select a new design for the denomination. This was the direct result of Presidents Roosevelt’s discontent with circulating coin designs, which he had expressed a decade earlier. By 1916, all gold denominations had been replaced with more modernistic […]
The 1936 Proof Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) 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 […]
Tthe 1921 Walking Liberty Half Dollars (Buy on eBay) were struck at the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco Mint. All three issues experienced low mintages and are considered the key date coins of the series. The low mintages were driven by a combination of economic conditions and the legal requirement to produce massive numbers of […]
The 1919-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar (Buy on eBay) 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 rate for pristine examples. […]