In 1916 the nation was in transition from farms to cities, peace time to war time, horse and buggy to automobiles. A.A. Weinman won a competition by the US Mint to produce the design for the dime and half dollar. 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.

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. These were coins with substantial buying power, enough to buy a loaf of bread, a quart of milk and a dozen eggs in the early '30s, so it didn't take huge quantities to fill Americans' needs, especially after the Wall Street crash plunged the nation into the Great Depression. Mintages of "Walkers" were particularly low in 1916, 1917, and 1921.

Mintmarks First below "In God We Trust" and then moved in 1917 to the lower left below the sapling. Mintmarks include:

* None (Philadelphia Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* P (Philadelphia Mint in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* D (Denver Mint in Denver, Colorado)
* S (San Francisco Mint in San Francisco, California)

SPECIFICATIONS: Diameter 30.6 millimeters Weight: 12.50 grams Composition: .900 silver, .100 copper Edge: Reeded Net Weight: .36169 ounce pure silver (Information gathered from - Wikipedia.org, Coin Resource.org, "The Red Book - A Guide Book of United States Coins", and other sources)

Coin Code	Coin Name and Date	Grade	See Photo/Buy
C050L-1941-S-1	Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1941 Mintmark S	EF	Sold Out
C050L-1941-1	Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1941 No Mintmark	EF	Sold Out
C050L-1943-D-1	Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1943 Mintmark D	EF	Sold Out
C050L-1943-2	Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1943 No Mintmark	EF	Sold Out
C050L-1945-D-1	Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1945 Mintmark D	EF	Sold Out
C050L-1947-D-1	Walking Liberty Half Dollar 1947 Mintmark D	EF	Sold Out
CSet-SilverClassic-1	Silver Classics - Liberty Walking Quarter 1943 and Mercury Dime 1945	VF	Sold Out
CSet-SilverClassic-2	Silver Classics - Liberty Walking Quarter 1944 and Mercury Dime 1943	VF	Sold Out
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