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Walking Liberty Half Dollars

Adolph Alexander Weinman designed the Walking Liberty half dollar, the same year he created the Mercury dime, with the half dollar is generally considered the finer achievement. The obverse showed Liberty striding toward the sunrise, draped in an American flag, carrying branches of laurel and oak, with her hand extended as if reaching for a brighter future. The reverse depicted an eagle perched on a mountain crag, wings half raised. The composition was ambitious for a circulating coin, more sculptural relief than the Mint's presses typically handled well, and Weinman knew it. He had studied under Saint-Gaudens and shared the belief that American coins should aspire to something beyond functional adequacy. The Walking Liberty half dollar was his answer to that aspiration, and it worked. The design was so well regarded that the Mint revived it in 1986 for the American Silver Eagle bullion coin, where it remains in use today.

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1916–1947 Years struck
73 Date / variety entries
Philadelphia, Denver, San Francisco Mints

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Key date Semi-key Variety Proof Regular
Date Variety Mintage Price Guide Estimates Classification CK #
G VG F VF EF AU MS
1916 — 608,000 $59$62$88$156$220$230$530 SEMI-KEY CK-4082
1916-D — 1,014,400 $59$67$88$120$189$210$485 SEMI-KEY CK-4083
1916-S — 508,000 $100$140$220$375$530$785$1,335 KEY CK-4084
1917 — 12,292,000 $29$31$32$33$47$71$135 REGULAR CK-4085
1917-D Obverse Mintmark 765,400 $42$54$81$135$240$280$665 SEMI-KEY CK-4086
1917-D Reverse Mintmark 1,940,000 ——————— REGULAR CK-4087
1917-S Obverse Mintmark 952,000 $39$67$130$320$665$1,055$3,050 SEMI-KEY CK-4088
1917-S Reverse Mintmark 5,554,000 ——————— REGULAR CK-4089
1918 — 6,634,000 $31$32$33$67$115$230$505 REGULAR CK-4090
1918-D — 3,853,040 $32$39$47$94$220$395$1,235 REGULAR CK-4091
1918-S — 10,282,000 $32$36$40$47$81$176$485 REGULAR CK-4092
1919 — 962,000 $42$47$81$230$450$785$2,290 REGULAR CK-4093
1919-D — 1,165,000 $42$79$111$300$825$1,640$4,085 KEY CK-4094
1919-S — 1,552,000 $34$42$88$260$785$1,385$3,670 KEY CK-4095
1920 — 6,372,000 $31$32$33$51$79$141$415 REGULAR CK-4096
1920-D — 1,551,000 $34$42$79$220$450$765$2,375 SEMI-KEY CK-4097
1920-S — 4,624,000 $34$39$42$94$199$485$1,005 SEMI-KEY CK-4098
1921 — 246,000 $128$189$275$640$1,855$2,305$5,095 KEY CK-4099
1921-D — 208,000 $197$300$485$825$2,660$4,455$7,520 KEY CK-4100
1921-S — 548,000 $79$120$220$685$3,410$6,525$16,010 KEY CK-4101
1923-S — 2,178,000 $32$34$59$176$665$1,150$2,660 SEMI-KEY CK-4102
1927-S — 2,392,000 $29$30$31$54$220$375$1,235 SEMI-KEY CK-4103
1928-S — 1,940,000 $29$30$31$74$197$415$1,235 SEMI-KEY CK-4104
1929-D — 1,001,200 $29$30$31$39$94$169$415 SEMI-KEY CK-4105
1929-S — 1,902,000 $29$30$31$42$115$199$415 SEMI-KEY CK-4106
1933-S — 1,786,000 $29$30$31$42$62$210$620 SEMI-KEY CK-4107
1934 — 6,964,000 $25$26$27$28$31$39$74 REGULAR CK-4108
1934-D — 2,361,400 $25$26$27$31$42$81$135 REGULAR CK-4109
1934-S — 3,652,000 $25$26$27$28$39$88$320 REGULAR CK-4110
1935 — 9,162,000 $25$26$27$28$31$34$47 REGULAR CK-4111
1935-D — 3,003,800 $25$26$27$31$39$67$129 REGULAR CK-4112
1935-S — 3,854,000 $25$26$27$29$36$91$280 REGULAR CK-4113
1936 — 12,617,901 $25$26$27$28$29$34$51 REGULAR CK-4115
1936-D — 4,252,400 $25$26$27$28$31$54$81 REGULAR CK-4116
1936-S — 3,884,000 $25$26$27$28$32$62$120 REGULAR CK-4117
1937 — 9,527,728 $25$26$27$28$29$34$47 REGULAR CK-4118
1937-D — 1,676,000 $25$26$27$31$40$94$197 REGULAR CK-4120
1937-S — 2,090,000 $25$26$27$28$34$62$149 REGULAR CK-4121
1938 — 4,118,152 $25$26$27$31$34$51$71 REGULAR CK-4122
1938-D — 491,600 $54$59$91$94$135$197$415 SEMI-KEY CK-4124
1939 — 6,820,808 $25$26$27$28$29$36$47 REGULAR CK-4125
1939-D — 4,267,800 $25$26$27$28$29$34$49 REGULAR CK-4127
1939-S — 2,552,000 $25$26$27$28$36$71$135 REGULAR CK-4128
1940 — 9,167,279 $25$26$27$28$29$32$42 REGULAR CK-4130
1940-S — 4,550,000 $25$26$27$28$29$42$54 REGULAR CK-4131
1941 — 24,207,412 $25$26$27$28$29$32$42 REGULAR CK-4132
1941-D — 11,248,400 $25$26$27$28$29$32$44 REGULAR CK-4134
1941-S — 8,098,000 $25$26$27$28$29$36$79 REGULAR CK-4135
1942 — 47,839,120 $25$26$27$28$29$32$47 REGULAR CK-4137
1942-D — 10,973,800 $25$26$27$28$29$31$47 REGULAR CK-4138
1942-S — 12,708,000 $25$26$27$28$29$32$47 REGULAR CK-4139
1943 — 53,190,000 $25$26$27$28$29$31$42 REGULAR CK-4140
1943-D — 11,346,000 $25$26$27$28$29$34$53 REGULAR CK-4141
1943-S — 13,450,000 $25$26$27$28$29$34$49 REGULAR CK-4142
1944 — 28,206,000 $25$26$27$28$29$31$42 REGULAR CK-4143
1944-D — 9,769,000 $25$26$27$28$29$34$47 REGULAR CK-4144
1944-S — 8,904,000 $25$26$27$28$29$34$47 REGULAR CK-4145
1945 — 31,502,000 $25$26$27$28$29$31$42 REGULAR CK-4146
1945-D — 9,966,800 $25$26$27$28$29$31$42 REGULAR CK-4147
1945-S — 10,156,000 $25$26$27$28$29$34$44 REGULAR CK-4148
1946 — 12,118,000 $25$26$27$28$29$31$44 REGULAR CK-4149
1946 Doubled Die Reverse — $31$34$42$62$74$115$340 VARIETY CK-4150
1946-D — 2,151,000 $25$26$27$28$32$40$51 REGULAR CK-4151
1946-S — 3,724,000 $25$26$27$28$29$34$49 REGULAR CK-4152
1947 — 4,094,000 $25$26$27$28$29$34$53 REGULAR CK-4153
1947-D — 3,900,600 $25$26$27$28$29$39$51 REGULAR CK-4154
1916 1916-D 1916-S 1917 1917-D Obverse Mintmark 1917-D Reverse Mintmark 1917-S Obverse Mintmark 1917-S Reverse Mintmark 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 Doubled Die Reverse 1946-D 1946-S 1947 1947-D
Date Variety Mintage Price Guide Estimates Classification CK #
G (PR) VG (PR) F (PR) VF (PR) EF (PR) AU (PR) MS (PR)
1936 — 3,901 ——————— REGULAR CK-4114
1937 — 5,728 ——————— REGULAR CK-4119
1938 — 8,152 ——————— REGULAR CK-4123
1939 — 8,808 ——————— REGULAR CK-4126
1940 — 11,279 ——————— REGULAR CK-4129
1941 — 15,412 ——————— REGULAR CK-4133
1942 — 21,120 ——————— REGULAR CK-4136
1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942