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Walking Liberty Half Dollar
About Walking Liberty Half Dollar Coin
Walking Liberty Half Dollar Obverse
Design : Lady Liberty walking and holding branches; United States flag over shoulder
Designer : Adolph A. Weinman
Design date : 1916–1947
Walking Liberty Half Dollar Reverse
Design : A bald eagle rising from a mountaintop perch
Designer : Adolph A. Weinman
Design date: 1916–1947
Coin Weights
NA
Specification
Value : 50 cents (0.50 US dollars)
Mass : 12.50 g
Diameter : 30.63 mm
Thickness : 1.8 mm
Edge : reeded
Composition :
90% silver,
10% copper
Silver : 0.36169 troy oz
Years of minting : 1916–1947
Mint marks : D, S. Located for 1916 and some 1917 pieces on obverse to right of Liberty just under the letters “Tr” in “In God We Trust”, later issues on reverse at lower left, under the tree. Philadelphia Mint specimens lack mint mark.
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Weinman’s design of Liberty striding towards the Sun for the half dollar proved difficult to perfect, and Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo, whose department included the Mint, considered having Barber create his own design. Mint officials were successful in getting Weinman’s design into production, although it never struck very well, which may have been a factor in its replacement by the Franklin half dollar beginning in 1948. Nevertheless, art historian Cornelius Vermeule considered the piece to be among the most beautiful US coins. Since 1986, a modification of Weinman’s obverse design has been used for the American Silver Eagle, and the half dollar was issued in gold for its centennial in 2016.
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