Walking Liberty Half Dollar
Obverse Design: Lady Liberty walking and holding an olive branch
Designer: Adolph A. Weinman
Design Year: 1916
Reverse Design: Perched bald Eagle
Designer: Adolph A. Weinman
Design Year: 1916
Production Years: 1916-1921,1923,1927-1929,1922-1947
Mintmarks: None (Philadelphia), D (Denver), S (San Francisco
Mintmark Location: On obverse under ‘In God We Trust’ (1916-1917), on reverse to lower left of ‘half dollar’ along rim at 8 o’clock position (1917-1946)
Diameter: 30.6mm
Thickness: 1.8mm
Edge: Reeded
Composition: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Mass: 12.50g
Notes: Along with the Mercury Dime and Standing Liberty Quarter, the Walking Liberty half dollar eliminated the tradition of uniform design in American coins which had been the case since the opening of the mint in 1793. The obverse of the Walking Liberty half is considered one of the greatest American silver coin designs, and was chosen as the obverse of the American Silver Eagle coin.
The Walking Liberty fifty cent piece has only one significant error, a rare doubled die reverse variety of the 1946-P coin.
Walking Liberty Half Dollar Mintages
Issue Total Mintage Notes
1916 608,000
1916-D 1,014,400
1916-S 508,000
1917 12,292,000
1917-D Obverse mark 765,400
1917-D Reverse mark 1,940,000
1917-S Obverse mark 952,000
1917-S Reverse mark 5,554,000
1918 6,634,000
1918-D 3,853,040
1918-S 10,282,000
1919 962,000
1919-D 1,165,000
1919-S 1,552,000
1920 6,372,000
1920-D 1,551,000
1920-S 4,624,000
1921 246,000
1921-D 208,000
1921-S 548,000
1923-S 2,178,000
1927-S 2,392,000
1928-S 1,940,000
1929-D 1,001,200
1929-S 1,902,000
1933-S 1,786,000
1934 6,964,000
1934-D 2,361,400
1934-S 3,652,000
1935 9,162,000
1935-D 3,003,800
1935-S 3,854,000
1936 12,614,000
1936-D 4,252,400
1936-S 3,884,000
1937 9,552,000
1937-D 1,676,000
1937-S 2,090,000
1938 4,110,000
1938-D 491,600
1939 6,812,000
1939-D 4,267,800
1939-S 2,552,000
1940 9,156,000
1940-S 4,550,000
1941 24,192,000
1941-D 11,248,400
1941-S 8,098,000
1942 47,818,000
1942-D 10,973,800
1942-S 12,708,000
1943 53,190,000
1943-D 11,346,000
1943-S 13,450,000
1944 28,206,000
1944-D 9,769,000
1944-S 8,904,000
1945 31,502,000
1945-D 9,966,800
1945-S 10,156,000
1946 12,118,000
1946-D 2,151,000
1946-S 3,724,000
1947 4,094,000
1947-D 3,900,600
