1936 Walking Liberty Half Dollar
The 1936 Walking Liberty silver half dollar was designed by Adolph Weinman. He won a design competition held by the Commission of Fine Arts. As a result of his win, he was awarded the commission to design this silver half dollar as well as the dime. His design was finally approved after previous other designs were rejected. This coin usually has an outstanding frosty, white luster. Like other Walking Liberty coins coming from the Philadelphia mint, it bears no mint mark and is exceptionally well struck.
1936 Walking Liberty Half Dollar Value, Scarcity, and Key Dates
The 1936 Walking Liberty Half Dollar value can range from $9 in lower circulated grades to $45 in higher grades making this an affordable acquisition for any Walking Liberty coin collector. It has the highest mintage of any Walking Liberty silver half dollar produced between 1917 and 1940. The coin’s low value is a combination of its general availability in the lower grades and the fact that even during The Great Depression many uncirculated coins were saved by collectors. Today an estimated half a million of these coins survives. Even in poor condition the value of this coin’s silver content is still worth more than the current market value of the silver used to make the coin. In other words, the 1936 Walking Liberty silver half dollar is still more valuable to a coin collector than a silver collector. Walking Liberty half dollar key dates exclude the 1936 coin.
Type of coin: Half dollar
Year: 1936 Walking Liberty Half Dollar
Mint Mark: Philadelphia
Total mintage: 12,614,000
Metal content: 90% Silver, 10% Copper
Face value: 50 cents
Weight: 12.5 grams
Edge: Reeded
Designer: Adolph Alexander Weinman
Diameter: 30 millimeters