Walking Liberty Half Dollars

By  CoinWeek Notes ..... The Walking Liberty Half Dollar was struck from 1916 to 1947. It is a complex series, made difficult to complete by several...

By CoinWeek Notes... We continue our guide to the Ultimate 20th-Century Type Set by focusing on the century’s often forgotten denomination, the half dollar. For many...

The United States Mint continues its commemoration of America's 250th anniversary with a nod to the past, announcing the return of an iconic piece...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Provisions of the Mint Act of 1890 stipulated that the United States Mint could introduce...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... Domestic coin demands increased slightly in 1933, prompting the San Francisco Mint to strike 1,786,000 Walking Liberty Half Dollars in 1933,...

By CoinWeek ....   The Walking Liberty Half Dollar designed by Adolph Weinman has long been one of the most popular series of classic United States...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   After sporadic production throughout the 1930s, the San Francisco Mint churned out Walking Liberty Half Dollars each year from 1939 to...

By Mike Byers for Mint Error News ......   Issue 75 of Mint Error News Magazine is available online and features an extremely rare S-Mint Walking...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   After not producing half dollars in 1938, the San Francisco Mint struck 2,552,000 examples of the denomination in 1939. This made...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... The United States Mint produced 27,500 Proof Walking Liberty Half Dollars in 1942. Of that...

By Jack D. Young and the Dark Side Group ......   While my previous Dark Corner CoinWeek article featured a contemporary counterfeit Buffalo Nickel, this review...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... While the Walking Liberty Half Dollar was well received by the public, a general lack of demand and the silver dollar...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes ..... After sporadic production throughout the 1920s and the early '30s, the Walking Liberty Half Dollar saw regular production at the Philadelphia...

By Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker for CoinWeek Notes .....   After a seven-year hiatus, the Denver Mint resumed production of the Walking Liberty Half Dollar, striking 1,001,200 coins. However, due to...

By Jack D. Young, Early American Coppers (EAC), and the Dark Side Group ......   Along the same lines as my Fun with Fakes article here...