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WALKING LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS (1916-1947)
SPECIFICATIONS:
Designer: Adolph Alexander Weinman

Diameter: 30 millimeters

Metal content:
Silver - 90%
Copper - 10%

Weight: 193 grains (12.5 grams)

Edge: Reeded

Mint mark: None (for Philadelphia, PA) below the R of TRUST on the obverse

 
 
WALKING LIBERTY HALF DOLLARS (1916-1947)
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1916
1916-D
1916-S
1917
1917-D (Obv.)
1917-D (Rev.)
1917-S (Obv.)
1917-S (Rev.)
1918
1918-D
1918-S
1919
1919-D
1919-S
1920
1920-D
1920-S
1921
1921-D
1921-S
1923-S
1927-S
1928-S
1929-D
1929-S
1933-S
1934
1934-D
1934-S
1935
1935-D
1935-S
1936
1936-D
1936-S
1937
1937-D
1937-S
1938
1938-D
1939
1939-D
1939-S
1940
1940-S
1941
1941-D
1941-S
1942
1942-D
1942-S
1943
1943-D
1943-S
1944
1944-D
1944-S
1945
1945-D
1945-S
1946
1946-D
1946-S
1947
1947-D

¬   Mint Mark
                 1916 & 1917 Only

¬   Denomination

 
Mint Mark ®

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¬   Designer Initials "AW"

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Key Dates:

1916
1916-D
1916-S
1917-D Obverse mint mark
1917-S Obverse mint mark
1919-P
1919-D
1919-S
1921-P
1921-D
1921-S
1938-D

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Facts:
For the obverse of his design, Weinman chose a full-length figure of Liberty striding toward the dawn of a new day, clad in the Stars and Stripes and carrying branches of laurel and oak symbolizing civil and military glory. The reverse depicts a majestic eagle perched on a mountain crag, wings unfolded in a pose suggesting power, with a sapling of mountain pine-symbolic of America-springing from a rift in the rock. These strongly patriotic themes resonated perfectly across a nation then preparing to enter World War I, ironically against the land of Weinman's birth. Weinman placed his initials (AW) directly under the eagle's tailfeathers.

First-year coins from the branch mints in Denver and San Francisco carry the "D" or "S" mint mark on the obverse, below IN GOD WE TRUST, as do some pieces minted the following year. Partway through production in 1917, the mint marks' location was moved to the lower left of the reverse, just below the sapling, and that's where it remained until the series ended in 1947.

Over 485 million Walking Liberty halves were made between 1916 and 1947, but they were issued only sporadically during the 1920s and early '30s, none being minted in 1922, 1924-26 and 1930-32.

Mintages were particularly low in 1921, and the P, D and S half dollars from that year all rank among the major keys of the series. Other scarce issues include the 1916, 1916-S, 1917-D and S (with the mint marks on the obverse) and 1938-D. Brilliant proofs were minted from 1936 to 1942, totaling 74,400 pieces, and a very few satin-finish proofs were struck in 1916 and '17.

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Date/Mint Mark
Grade
Value
1916
G4
$60
1916-D
G4
$60
1916-S
G4
$135
1917
G4
$12
1917-D Obverse mint mark
G4
$30
1917-D Reverse mint mark
G4
$14
1917-S Obverse mint mark
G4
$35
1917-S Reverse mint mark
G4
$12
1918
G4
$12
1918-D
G4
$12
1919
G4
$35
1919-D
G4
$27
1919-S
G4
$12
1920
G4
$12
1920-D
G4
$14
1920-S
G4
$12
1921
G4
$225
1921-D
G4
$400
1921-S
G4
$55
1923-S
G4
$14
1927-S
G4
$12
1928-S
G4
$12
1929-D
G4
$12
1929-S
G4
$12
1933-S
G4
$11
1934
G4
$11
1934-D
G4
$11
1934-S
G4
$11
1935
G4
$11
1935-D
G4
$11
1935-S
G4
$11
1936
G4
$11
1936-D
G4
$11
1936-S
G4
$11
1937
G4
$11
1937-D
G4
$11
1937-S
G4
$11
1938
G4
$11
1938-D
G4
$135
1939
G4
$11
1939-D
G4
$11
1939-S
G4
$11
1940
G4
$11
1940-S
G4
$11
1941
G4
$11
1941 No AW (designer initials)
PF64
$800
1941-D
G4
$11
1941-S
G4
$11
1942
G4
$11
1942 Double die reverse
MS66
$1,300
1942-D
G4
$11
1942-S
G4
$11
1943
G4
$11
1943-D
G4
$11
1943-S
G4
$11
1944
G4
$11
1944-D
G4
$11
1944-S
G4
$11
1945
G4
$11
1945-D
G4
$11
1945-S
G4
$11
1946
G4
$11
1946 Double die reverse
EF40
$300
1946-D
G4
$11
1946-S
G4
$11
1947
G4
$11
1947-D
G4
$11
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