1942-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar


1942-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar

Circulation Mintage: 10,973,800
Obverse Text: 1942 | IN GOD WE TRUST
Reverse Text: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | E PLURIBUS UNUM | HALF DOLLAR | D

The 1942-D Walking Liberty Half Dollar is the key date among the late date Walking Liberty half dollars in the "short set" of 1941 to 1947. Despite a mintage of 10.9 million coins, it is surprisingly scarce in grades above MS-66. Writing in the 2008 reference Collecting & Investing Strategies for Walking Liberty Half Dollars, our own Jeff Ambio ranks the 1941-D as the rarest "short set" issue in Mint State, and the fifth rarest in grades of MS-65 and finer. Of the eight examples certified MS-68 by PCGS, only four have sold at auction since 2003, and none of those were approved by CAC.

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The example to the left was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in June 2021 as part of the Lulu Collection, the #1 all-time finest PCGS Walking Liberty Half Dollar Short Set, where it realized $72,000.

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